| Name | CVE-2018-21269 |
| Description | checkpath 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 973245 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| openrc (PTS) | bullseye | 0.42-2.1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.45.2-2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 0.56-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| openrc | source | (unstable) | 0.45.2-1 | | | 973245 |
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)