CVE-2015-2304

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2304
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-15 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:25:00 UTC
DescriptionAbsolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an archive.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Application Libarchive Libarchive All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2015:0568-1: moderate: Security update for libarchive SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:157 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0106 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
Google Grupper CONFIRM groups.google.com
oss-security - CVE Request: libarchive -- directory traversal in bsdcpio MLIST www.openwall.com
Google Grupper groups.google.com
Add ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NOABSOLUTEPATHS option · libarchive/libarchive@5935715 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
FreeBSD-SA-16:22 FREEBSD www.freebsd.org
libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3180-1 libarchive DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - Directory traversals in cpio and friends? MLIST www.openwall.com Exploit
Fix directory traversal in bsdcpio by ghedo · Pull Request #110 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
FreeBSD libarchive cpio(1) Directory Traversal Flaw Lets Remote Users Overwrite Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
USN-2549-1: libarchive vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710502 Gentoo Linux libarchive Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03)
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