CVE-2019-14866

Summary

CVECVE-2019-14866
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-07 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-04 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn all versions of cpio before 2.13 does not properly validate input files when generating TAR archives. When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths an attacker can write to, the resulting archive may contain files with permissions the attacker did not have or in paths he did not have access to. Extracting those archives from a high-privilege user without carefully reviewing them may lead to the compromise of the system.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Cpio All All All All
Application Gnu Cpio All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 3445-1] cpio security update MISC lists.debian.org
1765511 – (CVE-2019-14866) CVE-2019-14866 cpio: improper input validation when writing tar header fields leads to unexpect tar generation CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
[Bug-cpio] [PATCH] Check for size overflow in tar header fields MISC lists.gnu.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1765511 – (CVE-2019-14866) CVE-2019-14866 cpio: improper input validation when writing tar header fields leads to unexpect tar generation MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
cpio-2.13 released [stable] MISC lists.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159187 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for cpio (ELSA-2021-1582)
  • 181827 Debian Security Update for cpio (DLA 3445-1)
  • 239337 Red Hat Update for cpio (RHSA-2021:1582)
  • 239988 Red Hat Update for cpio (RHSA-2022:0073)
  • 377503 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for cpio (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0131)
  • 500862 Alpine Linux Security Update for cpio
  • 504655 Alpine Linux Security Update for cpio
  • 940193 AlmaLinux Security Update for cpio (ALSA-2021:1582)
  • 960855 Rocky Linux Security Update for cpio (RLSA-2021:1582)
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