Out-of-Bounds Affecting cpio package, versions [,2.13)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.48% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-CPIO-2319547
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed22 Feb 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Feb 2016

CVE-2016-2037  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade cpio to version 2.13 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c in cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1