ALSA-2024:2396

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    ALSA-2024:2396

    Published: 30 Apr 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: squashfs-tools security update

    Details: SquashFS is a highly compressed read-only file system for Linux. These packages contain the utilities for manipulating squashfs file systems. Security Fix(es): * squashfs-tools: unvalidated filepaths allow writing outside of destination (CVE-2021-40153) * squashfs-tools: possible Directory Traversal via symbolic link (CVE-2021-41072) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2396, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-40153, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41072, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1998621, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2004957, https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2024-2396.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: squashfs-tools

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/squashfs-tools

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4-10.git1.el9

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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