CVE-2018-21269

NameCVE-2018-21269
Descriptioncheckpath in OpenRC through 0.42.1 might allow local users to take ownership of arbitrary files because a non-terminal path component can be a symlink.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs973245

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openrc (PTS)buster0.40.3-1vulnerable
bullseye0.42-2.1vulnerable
bookworm0.45.2-2fixed
trixie0.53-1fixed
sid0.53-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openrcsource(unstable)0.45.2-1973245

Notes

[bullseye] - openrc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - openrc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - openrc <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/issues/201
http://michael.orlitzky.com/cves/cve-2018-21269.xhtml
https://github.com/OpenRC/openrc/commit/b6fef599bf8493480664b766040fa9b0d4b1e335 (0.43)

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