Description
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.
Published: 2022-08-23
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2987-1 libarchive security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3202-1 libarchive security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5291-1 libarchive vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Libarchive Libarchive
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Splunk Universal Forwarder
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T23:03:33.486Z

Reserved: 2021-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-31566

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-23T16:15:09.337

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:05:55.217

Link: CVE-2021-31566

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-31566 - Bugzilla

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