QID 670954

Date Published: 2021-11-24

QID 670954: EulerOS Security Update for squashfs-tools (EulerOS-SA-2021-2674)

Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux.This package contains the utilities for manipulating squashfs filesystems. Security Fix(es): squashfs_opendir in unsquash-1.c in Squashfs-Tools 4.5 stores the filename in the directory entry; this is then used by unsquashfs to create the new file during the unsquash. The filename is not validated for traversal outside of the destination directory, and thus allows writing to locations outside of the destination.(CVE-2021-40153)
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An arbitrary attacker may exploit this vulnerability to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.8 severity.
  • Solution
    The Vendor has released a security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit EulerOS-SA-2021-2674 for updates and patch information

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    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    EulerOS-SA-2021-2674 EulerOS V2.0SP5 URL Logo developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2021-2674

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