Cpio Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerability

BID:71914

Info

Cpio Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 71914
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2015-1197
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 05 2015 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:12PM
Credit: Alexander Cherepanov
Vulnerable: Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64
Mandriva Business Server 1
GNU cpio 2.11
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Cpio Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Cpio is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability.



Successful exploits would allow an attacker to access file outside the source package directory to obtain sensitive information and perform other attacks.

Solution / Fix

Cpio Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently, we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].


Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

References

Cpio Symlink Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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