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CVE-2015-2304
Published:March 15, 2015
Updated:May 23, 2026
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.
Related Resources (15)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-2304
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2304
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
6.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
CVSS v2
Base Score:
6.4
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22
EPSS
Base Score:
2.98