ALPINE-CVE-2021-31566
- Source
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-31566
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2021-31566.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2021-31566
- Upstream
- Published
- 2022-08-23T16:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-30T05:21:19.540148Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
Affected packages
Alpine:v3.13 / libarchive
Package
- Name
- libarchive
- Purl
- pkg:apk/alpine/libarchive?arch=source