Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. A bug in Nix 2.24 prior to 2.24.6 allows a substituter or malicious user to craft a NAR that, when unpacked by Nix, causes Nix to write to arbitrary file system locations to which the Nix process has access. This will be with root permissions when using the Nix daemon. This issue is fixed in Nix 2.24.6.
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Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Nixos
Nixos nix
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:nixos:nix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Nixos
Nixos nix
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. A bug in Nix 2.24 prior to 2.24.6 allows a substituter or malicious user to craft a NAR that, when unpacked by Nix, causes Nix to write to arbitrary file system locations to which the Nix process has access. This will be with root permissions when using the Nix daemon. This issue is fixed in Nix 2.24.6.
Title Nix affected by unsafe NAR unpacking
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2024-09-10T15:51:07.881Z

Updated: 2024-09-10T16:06:16.016Z

Reserved: 2024-09-02T16:00:02.423Z

Link: CVE-2024-45593

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-10T16:06:07.150Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-09-10T16:15:21.760

Modified: 2024-09-20T19:57:55.573

Link: CVE-2024-45593

cve-icon Redhat

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