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HistoryJul 12, 2024 - 1:55 p.m.

Security update for squashfs

2024-07-1213:55:05
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buffer overflows
writing outside destination
symlink vulnerability
extended attribute handling
race condition
regression fix
xattr handling
pseudo file handling
squashfs conversion
throttle cpu and i/o
manpages
hard-links display
progress tracking
maximum cpiostyle filename
sparse file block fix

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

Low

This update for squashfs fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2015-4645,CVE-2015-4646: Multiple buffer overflows fixed in squashfs-tools (bsc#935380)
  • CVE-2021-40153: Fixed an issue where an attacker might have been able to write a file outside of destination (bsc#1189936)
  • CVE-2021-41072: Fixed an issue where an attacker might have been
    able to write a file outside the destination directory via a
    symlink (bsc#1190531).

update to 4.6.1:

  • Race condition which can cause corruption of the ‘fragment
    table’ fixed. This is a regression introduced in August 2022,
    and it has been seen when tailend packing is used (-tailends option).
  • Fix build failure when the tools are being built without
    extended attribute (XATTRs) support.
  • Fix XATTR error message when an unrecognised prefix is
    found
  • Fix incorrect free of pointer when an unrecognised XATTR
    prefix is found.
  • Major improvements in extended attribute handling,
    pseudo file handling, and miscellaneous new options and
    improvements
  • Extended attribute handling improved in Mksquashfs and
    Sqfstar
  • New Pseudo file xattr definition to add extended
    attributes to files.
  • New xattrs-add Action to add extended attributes to files
  • Extended attribute handling improved in Unsquashfs
  • Other major improvements
  • Unsquashfs can now output Pseudo files to standard out.
  • Mksquashfs can now input Pseudo files from standard in.
  • Squashfs filesystems can now be converted (different
    block size compression etc) without unpacking to an
    intermediate filesystem or mounting, by piping the output of
    Unsquashfs to Mksquashfs.
  • Pseudo files are now supported by Sqfstar.
  • ‘Non-anchored’ excludes are now supported by Unsquashfs.

update to 4.5.1 (bsc#1190531, CVE-2021-41072):

  • This release adds Manpages for Mksquashfs(1), Unsquashfs(1),
    Sqfstar(1) and Sqfscat(1).
  • The -help text output from the utilities has been improved
    and extended as well (but the Manpages are now more
    comprehensive).
  • CVE-2021-41072 which is a writing outside of destination
    exploit, has been fixed.
  • The number of hard-links in the filesystem is now also
    displayed by Mksquashfs in the output summary.
  • The number of hard-links written by Unsquashfs is now
    also displayed in the output summary.
  • Unsquashfs will now write to a pre-existing destination
    directory, rather than aborting.
  • Unsquashfs now allows ‘.’ to used as the destination, to
    extract to the current directory.
  • The Unsquashfs progress bar now tracks empty files and
    hardlinks, in addition to data blocks.
  • -no-hardlinks option has been implemented for Sqfstar.
  • More sanity checking for ‘corrupted’ filesystems, including
    checks for multiply linked directories and directory loops.
  • Options that may cause filesystems to be unmountable have
    been moved into a new ‘experts’ category in the Mksquashfs
    help text (and Manpage).
  • Maximum cpiostyle filename limited to PATH_MAX. This
    prevents attempts to overflow the stack, or cause system
    calls to fail with a too long pathname.
  • Don’t always use ‘max open file limit’ when calculating
    length of queues, as a very large file limit can cause
    Unsquashfs to abort. Instead use the smaller of max open
    file limit and cache size.
  • Fix Mksquashfs silently ignoring Pseudo file definitions
    when appending.
  • Don’t abort if no XATTR support has been built in, and
    there’s XATTRs in the filesystem. This is a regression
    introduced in 2019 in Version 4.4.
  • Fix duplicate check when the last file block is sparse.

update to 4.5:

  • Mksquashfs now supports ‘Actions’.
  • New sqfstar command which will create a Squashfs image from a tar archive.
  • Tar style handling of source pathnames in Mksquashfs.
  • Cpio style handling of source pathnames in Mksquashfs.
  • New option to throttle the amount of CPU and I/O.
  • Mksquashfs now allows no source directory to be specified.
  • New Pseudo file ‘R’ definition which allows a Regular file
    o be created with data stored within the Pseudo file.
  • Symbolic links are now followed in extract files
  • Unsquashfs now supports ‘exclude’ files.
  • Max depth traversal option added.
  • Unsquashfs can now output a ‘Pseudo file’ representing the
    input Squashfs filesystem.
  • New -one-file-system option in Mksquashfs.
  • New -no-hardlinks option in Mksquashfs.
  • Exit code in Unsquashfs changed to distinguish between
    non-fatal errors (exit 2), and fatal errors (exit 1).
  • Xattr id count added in Unsquashfs ‘-stat’ output.
  • Unsquashfs ‘write outside directory’ exploit fixed.
  • Error handling in Unsquashfs writer thread fixed.
  • Fix failure to truncate destination if appending aborted.
  • Prevent Mksquashfs reading the destination file.

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

AI Score

7.7

Confidence

Low