Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Alpine Linux' apk-tools

CVE-2018-1000849 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Learn more about our Cis Benchmark Audit For Distribution Independent Linux.