ALPINE-CVE-2017-9671

Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9671
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9671.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9671
Upstream
Published
2017-07-17T21:29:00.777Z
Modified
2026-06-15T18:24:27.246505648Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, or achieve code execution, by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz file with a bad pax header block.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10 / apk-tools

Package

Name
apk-tools
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/apk-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9671.json"

Alpine:v3.11 / apk-tools

Package

Name
apk-tools
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/apk-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9671.json"

Alpine:v3.12 / apk-tools

Package

Name
apk-tools
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/apk-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9671.json"

Alpine:v3.13 / apk-tools

Package

Name
apk-tools
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/apk-tools?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.2-r0

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2017-9671.json"