CVE-2023-7207 Affecting cpio package, versions <2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.91% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-CPIO-6144754
  • published6 Feb 2024
  • disclosed29 Feb 2024

Introduced: 6 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-7207  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:22.04 cpio to version 2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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 Base Scores

version 3.1