CVE-2023-7207 Affecting cpio package, versions <2.14+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.05% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CPIO-6144797
  • published5 Jan 2024
  • disclosed29 Feb 2024

Introduced: 5 Jan 2024

CVE-2023-7207  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable cpio to version 2.14+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cpio package and not the cpio package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE-2015-1197 patches which had caused a regression in --no-absolute-filenames. Upstream has since provided a proper fix to --no-absolute-filenames.

CVSS Scores

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