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CVE-2021-3762 Detail

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability was found in the ClairCore engine of Clair. An attacker can exploit this by supplying a crafted container image which, when scanned by Clair, allows for arbitrary file write on the filesystem, potentially allowing for remote code execution.


Severity



CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  9.8 CRITICAL
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2000795 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/quay/clair/pull/1379 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/quay/clair/pull/1380 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/quay/claircore/commit/691f2023a1720a0579e688b69a2f4bfe1f4b7821 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/quay/claircore/pull/478 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://vulmon.com/exploitdetails?qidtp=maillist_oss_security&qid=d19fce9ede06e13dfb5630ece7f14f83 Exploit  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST   Contributor acceptance level Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-3762
NVD Published Date:
03/03/2022
NVD Last Modified:
01/30/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.