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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-1664): dpkg vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-1664): dpkg vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/26/2022
Created
06/02/2022
Added
05/31/2022
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-dpkg
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libdpkg-perl

References

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