CVE-2015-1197
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.9
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.11+dfsg-4.1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.11+dfsg-4.1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.11+dfsg-4.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.11+dfsg-4.1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.11+dfsg-4.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | cpio | 2.11 | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0080.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/169458/Zimbra-Collaboration-Suite-TAR-Path-Traversal.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/27/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71914
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1197
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.