Critical severity · published May 26, 2022
CVE-2022-1664
Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability
9.8
CVSS
3.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.2% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
DP
Dpkg · Debian
1.14.17 before 1.18.26; 1.19.0 before 1.19.8; 1.20.0 before 1.20.10; 1.21.0 before 1.21.8 · source: NVD
OS
Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1664
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1664
Mailing List
https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=1f23dddc17f69c9598477098c7fb9936e15fa495
Mailing List
https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=58814cacee39c4ce9e2cd0e3a3b9b57ad437eff5
Mailing List
https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=7a6c03cb34d4a09f35df2f10779cbf1b70a5200b
Mailing List
https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=faa4c92debe45412bfcf8a44f26e827800bb24be
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00033.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2022/msg00115.html
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