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CVE-2015-2304
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a…
Medium6.4EPSS 4.9%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.9% · top 7.8% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- 1035996 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0568 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-16:22 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150116 CVE Request: libarchive -- directory traversal in bsdcpio (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-2549-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:157 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150108 Directory traversals in cpio and friends? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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