Directory Traversal Affecting dpkg package, versions <1.17.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.62% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-DPKG-1544649
  • published 30 Apr 2014
  • disclosed 30 Apr 2014

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 dpkg to version 1.17.8 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 unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before 1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source package, related to "C-style filename quoting."

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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