CVE-2016-8606 Code injection in n/a

What is CVE-2016-8606?

CVE-2016-8606 is a critical code injection vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 Jan 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The REPL server (--listen) in GNU Guile 2.0.12 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP inter-protocol attack.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8606?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnu Guile.

How do I fix CVE-2016-8606?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2016-8606 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8606 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-8606, GHSA-vqrx-mf37-8x6h, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8606.