Bug 1537792 - dpkg: directory traversal via /DEBIAN symlink
Summary: dpkg: directory traversal via /DEBIAN symlink
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1537793 1537794
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-01-23 21:51 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-09-25 06:50:13 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-01-23 21:51:18 UTC 
A flaw was found dpkg which allows an attacker to perform a directory traversal by extracting with "dpkg-deb --raw-extract" a crafted .deb file with a /DEBIAN symlink 

Reference:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=879982

Patch:
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/diff/?id=5003d76
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-01-23 21:51:46 UTC 
Created dpkg tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1537794]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1537793]
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