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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-21269: Link Following

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-21269: Link Following

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/27/2020
Created
10/02/2024
Added
10/01/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-openrc

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