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GET /api/packages/505211?format=api
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{
    "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/505211?format=api",
    "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-admin/sudo@1.8.15-r1",
    "type": "ebuild",
    "namespace": "app-admin",
    "name": "sudo",
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    "subpath": "",
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            "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/101657?format=api",
            "vulnerability_id": "VCID-7wk1-mmhr-jqet",
            "summary": "sudoedit in Sudo before 1.8.15 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on a file whose full path is defined using multiple wildcards in /etc/sudoers, as demonstrated by \"/home/*/*/file.txt.\"",
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                    "reference_type": "",
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                    "reference_id": "",
                    "reference_type": "",
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