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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-31566 - debian/libarchive

An improper link resolution flaw can occur while extracting an archive leading to changing modes, times, access control lists, and flags of a file outside of the archive. An attacker may provide a malicious archive to a victim user, who would trigger this flaw when trying to extract the archive. A local attacker may use this flaw to gain more privileges in a system.

CWE-59

Evidence
  • imported from OSV Debian, untriaged
History
  • 2026-10-28: pending-human-approval - bulk import