CVE-2021-41072 — Link Following in Squashfs-tools
Severity
8.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
3.6%
top 12.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 14
Latest updateMay 24
Description
squashfs_opendir in unsquash-2.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 allows Directory Traversal, a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-40153. A squashfs filesystem that has been crafted to include a symbolic link and then contents under the same filename in a filesystem can cause unsquashfs to first create the symbolic link pointing outside the expected directory, and then the subsequent write operation will cause the unsquashfs process to write through the symbolic link elsewhere in the filesystem.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.2
Affected Packages7 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3📋Vendor Advisories
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squashfs_opendir in unsquash-2.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 allows Directory Traversal a different vulnerability than CVE-2021-40153. A squashfs filesystem that has been crafted to include a symbolic link ↗2021-09-14