CVE-2016-20021

Summary

CVE-2016-20021 is a vulnerability affecting Gentoo Portage before version 3.0.47. During the use of the emerge-webrsync tool, a .gpgsig file is downloaded but not verified for authenticity through PGP signature verification. This issue potentially exposes users to code injection risks, but it only affects emerge-wehrsync and not regular Portage usage.

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