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CVE-2018-1000849

Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.

Published

2018-12-20T15:29:02.347

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:40:29.457

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	alpinelinux	alpine_linux	< 2.6.10	Yes
Operating System	alpinelinux	alpine_linux	< 2.7.6	Yes
Operating System	alpinelinux	alpine_linux	< 2.10.1	Yes

References

https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.8.1-released.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/apk-tools/commit/?id=6484ed9849f03971eb48ee1fdc21a2f128247eb1 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://justi.cz/security/2018/09/13/alpine-apk-rce.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.8.1-released.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/apk-tools/commit/?id=6484ed9849f03971eb48ee1fdc21a2f128247eb1 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://justi.cz/security/2018/09/13/alpine-apk-rce.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)