CVE-2021-40153 - Fedoraproject Fedora, Debian Debian Linux and Squashfs-tools Project Squashfs-tools
Critical 9.8
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.
Affected software
Fedoraproject Fedora
Debian Debian Linux
Squashfs-tools Project Squashfs-tools
Reference links
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/squashfs-tools/+bug/1941790
- https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/commit/79b5a555058eef4e1e7ff220c344d39f8cd09646
- https://github.com/plougher/squashfs-tools/issues/72
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RAOZ4BKWAC4Y3U2K5MMW3S77HWWXHQDL/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00030.html