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CVE-2017-8283

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
26/04/2017
Last modified:
13/05/2026

Description

dpkg-source in dpkg 1.3.0 through 1.18.23 is able to use a non-GNU patch program and does not offer a protection mechanism for blank-indented diff hunks, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted Debian source package, as demonstrated by use of dpkg-source on NetBSD.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
9.80
Severity 3.x
CRITICAL
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
7.50
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:debian:dpkg:1.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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