Package Instance
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GET /api/packages/187437?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/187437?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/util-linux@2.12a-16.EL4?arch=12", "type": "rpm", "namespace": "redhat", "name": "util-linux", "version": "2.12a-16.EL4", "qualifiers": { "arch": "12" }, "subpath": "", "is_vulnerable": true, "next_non_vulnerable_version": null, "latest_non_vulnerable_version": null, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/103465?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-ugp9-rh6g-nucq", "summary": "script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.", "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2001-1494.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2001-1494.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2001-1494", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00079", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.23445", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2001-1494" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616708", "reference_id": "1616708", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616708" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:782", "reference_id": "RHSA-2005:782", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:782" } ], "fixed_packages": [], "aliases": [ "CVE-2001-1494" ], "risk_score": null, "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "0.0", "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-ugp9-rh6g-nucq" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/103466?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-weba-b8x9-vyh5", "summary": "umount in util-linux 2.8 to 2.12q, 2.13-pre1, and 2.13-pre2, and other packages such as loop-aes-utils, allows local users with unmount permissions to gain privileges via the -r (remount) option, which causes the file system to be remounted with just the read-only flag, which effectively clears the nosuid, nodev, and other flags.", "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2005-2876.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2005-2876.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2876", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00048", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.15291", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2005-2876" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617764", "reference_id": "1617764", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617764" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328141", "reference_id": "328141", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=328141" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:782", "reference_id": "RHSA-2005:782", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:782" } ], "fixed_packages": [], "aliases": [ "CVE-2005-2876" ], "risk_score": null, "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "0.0", "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-weba-b8x9-vyh5" } ], "fixing_vulnerabilities": [], "risk_score": null, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/util-linux@2.12a-16.EL4%3Farch=12" }