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Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package...

Critical severity Unreviewed Published May 27, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database May 26, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 27, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-1664

GHSA ID

GHSA-q7pv-fjh6-6xq6

Source code

No known source code

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