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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31566

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31566 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

An improper link resolution flaw can occur while extracting an archive leading to changing modes, times, access control lists, and flags of a file outside of the archive. 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 gain more privileges in a system.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13libarchive0, 0, 0
Debian:14libarchive0, 0, 0
Debian:11libarchive0, 3.4.3-2, 0
Debian:12libarchive0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 23, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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