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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-30139: Out-of-bounds Read

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-30139: Out-of-bounds Read

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/21/2021
Created
06/18/2022
Added
06/17/2022
Modified
10/01/2024

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-apk-tools

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