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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2021-31566: libarchive security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2021-31566: libarchive security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/28/2022
Created
03/30/2022
Added
03/29/2022
Modified
03/29/2022

Description

An improper link resolution flaw can occur while extracting an archive leading to changing modes, times, access control lists, and flags of a file outside of the archive. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to gain more privileges in a system.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-bsdtar
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-libarchive
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-libarchive-devel

References

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