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 full pathname in an archive.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-03-15 19:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 05:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-03-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f336873841218d01b7ca548e3b33d395122b86605088b256aaf40a51569aa96e
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1035996http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0568http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
- www.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-16:22https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150116 CVE Request: libarchive -- directory traversal in bsdcpiohttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7
- www.debian.orgDSA-3180http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2549-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
- groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-03https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:157http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150108 Directory traversals in cpio and friends?http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libarchive Fixed in 3.1.2-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libarchive Fixed in 3.1.2-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libarchive Fixed in 3.1.2-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libarchive Fixed in 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.