Symlink Attack Affecting cpio package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CPIO-2319543
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed6 Feb 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Feb 2014

CVE-2010-4226  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for cpio.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

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CVSS Scores

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