CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-1000849

Alpine Linux version Versions prior to 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1 contains a Other/Unknown vulnerability in apk-tools (Alpine Linux' package manager) that can result in Remote Code Execution. This attack appear to be exploitable via A specially crafted APK-file can cause apk to write arbitrary data to an attacker-specified file, due to bugs in handling long link target name and the way a regular file is extracted.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.6.10, 2.7.6, and 2.10.1.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://justi.cz/security/2018/09/13/alpine-apk-rce.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://git.alpinelinux.org/cgit/apk-tools/commit/?id=6484ed9849f03971eb48ee1fdc21a2f128247eb1 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.8.1-released.html Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:alpinelinux:alpine_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-12-20 03:29

Updated : 2020-03-18 02:52

NVD link : CVE-2018-1000849

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000849

Products Affected

Alpine Linux

Alpinelinux

CWE
CWE-20