CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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2DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in Nix before 2.34.7. Writing to arbitrary files can occur via "nix-prefetch-url --unpack" or "nix store prefetch-file --unpack" directory traversal. The fixed versions are 2.34.7, 2.33.6, 2.32.8, 2.31.5, 2.30.5, 2.29.4, and 2.28.7 (introduced in 2.24.7);
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Arbitrary file writing via directory traversal in Nix versions before 2.34.7 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to overwrite files on systems running vulnerable versions of nix-prefetch-url or nix store prefetch-file with the --unpack flag. The vulnerability exploits improper path validation during archive extraction, enabling an attacker to craft malicious packages that write to arbitrary filesystem locations when unpacked. …
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