CVE-2015-2304

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2304
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-15 19:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

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
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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2549-1: libarchive vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Fix directory traversal in bsdcpio by ghedo · Pull Request #110 · libarchive/libarchive · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - Directory traversals in cpio and friends? af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Exploit
FreeBSD libarchive cpio(1) Directory Traversal Flaw Lets Remote Users Overwrite Files on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
oss-security - CVE Request: libarchive -- directory traversal in bsdcpio af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-03) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freebsd.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:0568-1: moderate: Security update for libarchive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Add ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_NOABSOLUTEPATHS option · libarchive/libarchive@5935715 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2015-0106 - Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3180-1 libarchive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Google Grupper af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:157 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Google Grupper MITRE groups.google.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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