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OS X update for xar (CVE-2022-22582)

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OS X update for xar (CVE-2022-22582)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/15/2022
Created
03/16/2022
Added
03/15/2022
Modified
12/11/2023

Description

A validation issue existed in the handling of symlinks. This issue was addressed with improved validation of symlinks. This issue is fixed in Security Update 2022-003 Catalina, macOS Big Sur 11.6.5, macOS Monterey 12.3. A local user may be able to write arbitrary files.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2022-003-catalina
  • apple-osx-upgrade-11_6_5
  • apple-osx-upgrade-12_3

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