Out-of-bounds Read Affecting apk-tools package, versions <2.12.5-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE314-APKTOOLS-1305952
  • published 15 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 21 Apr 2021

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.14 apk-tools to version 2.12.5-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream apk-tools package and not the apk-tools package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.14 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Alpine Linux apk-tools before 2.12.5, the tarball parser allows a buffer overflow and crash.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High