CVE-2017-9671

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jul 17, 2017
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Jun 15, 2017

Description

A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, or achieve code execution, by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz file with a bad pax header block.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

[oss-security] 20170625 CVE-2017-9669 and CVE-2017-9671: Exploitable buffer overflows in apk (Alpine's package manager)mailing-list
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https://www.twistlock.com/2017/06/25/alpine-linux-vulnerability-discovery-code-execution-pt-1-2/

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