CVE-2018-1000849

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.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://justi.cz/security/2018/09/13/alpine-apk-rce.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/apk-tools/commit/?id=6484ed9849f03971eb48ee1fdc21a2f128247eb1	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.8.1-released.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux::::::::

Information

Published : 2018-12-20 07:29

Updated : 2020-03-18 07:52

NVD link : CVE-2018-1000849

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000849

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

Products Affected

alpinelinux

alpine_linux

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