Directory Traversal Affecting cpio package, versions *
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Integrity
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.05% (15th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-CPIO-6341092
- published 29 Feb 2024
- disclosed 4 Jan 2024
How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:8 cpio.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cpio package and not the cpio package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE-2015-1197 patches which had caused a regression in --no-absolute-filenames. Upstream has since provided a proper fix to --no-absolute-filenames.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7207
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8