Link Following Affecting cpio package, versions <0:2.12-11.amzn2.0.1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (9th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-CPIO-6371135
- published 5 Mar 2024
- disclosed 19 Feb 2015
Introduced: 19 Feb 2015
CVE-2015-1197 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 cpio to version 0:2.12-11.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2489.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cpio package and not the cpio package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1197
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1