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Status published
Medium
CVE-2015-2304
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in libarchive 3.1.2 and...
Vulnerability Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an archive.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
libarchive, ubuntu linux, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 15th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.