CVE-2016-2037

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2037
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-22 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-12-06 03:07:00 UTC
DescriptionThe cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.11 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.11 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CPIO CVE-2016-2037 Out of Bounds Write Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: out-of-bounds write with cpio 2.11 MLIST www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3483-1 cpio DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-2906-1: GNU cpio vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - CVE request: out-of-bounds write with cpio 2.11 MLIST www.openwall.com
cpio Out-of-Bounds Memory Write Error in cpio_safer_name_suffix() Lets Remote Users Cause the Target Application to Crash - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500861 Alpine Linux Security Update for cpio
  • 504654 Alpine Linux Security Update for cpio
  • 670604 EulerOS Security Update for cpio (EulerOS-SA-2021-2362)
  • 670736 EulerOS Security Update for cpio (EulerOS-SA-2021-2494)
  • 670956 EulerOS Security Update for cpio (EulerOS-SA-2021-2576)
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