Description
Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.
Published: 2018-12-20
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-2037 Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.
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Alpinelinux Alpine Linux
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:43:56.081Z

Reserved: 2018-12-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-1000849

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-12-20T15:29:02.347

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:40:29.457

Link: CVE-2018-1000849

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