vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2021-23177: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 23, 2022 | Oct 26, 2022 | Jan 28, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 23, 2022
Added
Oct 26, 2022
Modified
Jan 28, 2025
Description
An improper link resolution flaw while extracting an archive can lead to changing the access control list (ACL) of the target of the link. 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 change the ACL of a file on the system and gain more privileges.
Solutions
suse-upgrade-bsdtarsuse-upgrade-libarchive-develsuse-upgrade-libarchive13suse-upgrade-libarchive13-32bit
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