CVE-2015-2304

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.4
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.55% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory freebsd.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996 vdb entry
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 vendor advisory
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7 mailing list
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1 vendor advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 mailing list exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-2304?
CVE-2015-2304 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-2304?
To fix CVE-2015-2304, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-2304 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-2304 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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