CVE-2020-10696 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2020-10696: A path traversal flaw was found in Buildah in versions before 1.14.5. This flaw allows an attacker to trick a user into building a malicious container image hosted on an HTTP(s) server and then write files to the user's system anywhere that the user has permissions.

Affects 8 Linux releases across 8 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2020-10696 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

golang-github-containers-buildah→ fixed in1.11.6-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y golang-github-containers-buildah
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

golang-github-containers-buildah→ fixed in1.11.6-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y golang-github-containers-buildah
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

golang-github-containers-buildah→ fixed in1.11.6-2urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y golang-github-containers-buildah
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

buildah→ fixed in1.14.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade buildah
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

buildah→ fixed in1.14.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade buildah
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

buildah→ fixed in1.14.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade buildah
```

Alpine v3.18

Source: Alpine secdb

buildah→ fixed in1.14.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade buildah
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

buildah→ fixed in1.14.4-r0
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade buildah
```

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