ALPINE-CVE-2018-21269

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-21269
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-21269.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2018-21269
Upstream
Published
2020-10-27T04:15:10Z
Modified
2026-10-23T17:24:40Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

checkpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10 / openrc

Package

Name
openrc
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/openrc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.41.2-r2

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-21269.json"

Alpine:v3.11 / openrc

Package

Name
openrc
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/openrc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.42.1-r3

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-21269.json"

Alpine:v3.12 / openrc

Package

Name
openrc
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/openrc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.42.1-r12

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-21269.json"

Alpine:v3.13 / openrc

Package

Name
openrc
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/openrc?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.42.1-r20

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-21269.json"