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Security checkJanuary 09, 2023

Command Injection in ascii-art

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Description

Versions of ascii-art before 1.4.4 are vulnerable to command injection. This is exploitable when user input is passed into the argument of the ascii-art preview command.

Recommendation

Update the ascii-art package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

  • Affected version(s): <= 1.4.2
  • Patched version(s): 1.4.4

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