CVE-2015-1197
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 19, 2015
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Jan 18, 2015
Description
cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 71914vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2015:066vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20150118 Re: CVE Request: cpio -- directory traversalmailing-list
- USN-2906-1vendor-advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
- [oss-security] 20150108 Directory traversals in cpio and friends?mailing-list
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669
- [Bug-cpio] 20150108 cpio: directory traversal vulnerability via symlinksmailing-list
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- [oss-security] 20231221 Security vulnerability in Debian's cpio 2.13mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20231227 xarchiver: Path traversal with crafted cpio archivesmailing-list
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