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distcc — security advisory
distcc 2.x, as used in XCode 1.5 and others, when not configured to restrict access to the server port, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via compilation jobs, which are executed by the server without authorization checks.
- Products
- distcc
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.18.1-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2004-2687
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
distcc 2.x, as used in XCode 1.5 and others, when not configured to restrict access to the server port, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via compilation jobs, which are executed by the server without authorization checks.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2687
distcc
Fixed versions: 2.18.1-1
distcc
Fixed versions: 2.18.1-1
distcc
Fixed versions: 2.18.1-1
Complete source record
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