Directory Traversal Affecting dpkg package, versions <1.15.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-DPKG-1544634
  • published 15 Mar 2010
  • disclosed 15 Mar 2010

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 dpkg to version 1.15.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream dpkg package and not the dpkg package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the dpkg-source component in dpkg before 1.14.29 allows remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via a crafted Debian source archive.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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