Link Following Affecting cpio package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-CPIO-1330989
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed5 Jan 2015

Introduced: 5 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-1197  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 cpio.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cpio package and not the cpio package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.

CVSS Scores

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