High severity · published Aug 23, 2022
CVE-2021-23177
An improper link resolution flaw while extracting an archive can lead to changing the access control list (ACL) of the target of the link
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An improper link resolution flaw while extracting an archive can lead to changing the access control list (ACL) of the target of the link. 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 change the ACL of a file on the system and gain more privileges.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CL
Codeready Linux Builder · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Eus · Redhat
8.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus · Redhat
8.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian · Redhat
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus · Redhat
8.6 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Aus · Redhat
8.6 · source: NVD
EL
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Tus · Redhat
8.6 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23177
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-23177
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-23177
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2024245
Patch
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/fba4f123cc456d2b2538f811bb831483bf336bad
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/1565
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00030.html
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