Path Traversal in Libarchive
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.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.049 (91.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.049 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libarchive
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996 (vdb-entry)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
- github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
- www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7 (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1 (vendor-advisory)
- groups.google.com/forum/
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-2304?
- CVE-2015-2304 is a vulnerability in Libarchive, classified under Path Traversal. Published 2015-03-15.
- Is CVE-2015-2304 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.