CVE-2022-1664
Publication date 25 May 2022
Last updated 18 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
Dpkg::Source::Archive in dpkg, the Debian package management system, before version 1.21.8, 1.20.10, 1.19.8, 1.18.26 is prone to a directory traversal vulnerability. When extracting untrusted source packages in v2 and v3 source package formats that include a debian.tar, the in-place extraction can lead to directory traversal situations on specially crafted orig.tar and debian.tar tarballs.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| dpkg | 26.10 stonking |
Fixed in 1.21.9ubuntu1
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| 26.04 LTS resolute |
Fixed in 1.21.9ubuntu1
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| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed in 1.21.9ubuntu1
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed in 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
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| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed in 1.19.7ubuntu3.2
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| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed in 1.19.0.5ubuntu2.4
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed in 1.18.4ubuntu1.7+esm1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Vulnerable
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CVSS version: CVSS v3.0
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
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-5446-1
- dpkg vulnerability
- 26 May 2022
- USN-5446-2
- dpkg vulnerability
- 30 May 2022