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)
EPSS: 0.049 (91.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Libarchive
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FREEBSD, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
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.