vulnerability

Alpine Linux: CVE-2017-9671: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jul 17, 2017
Added
Oct 1, 2024
Modified
Oct 1, 2024

Description

A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, or achieve code execution, by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz file with a bad pax header block.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-apk-tools
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