CVE-2023-7207
Published: January 5, 2024Last modified: June 18, 2025
Description
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 4.9 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | HIGH |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | NONE |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | cpio | Unknown (2.13-r3) |
| Stream | cpio | Unknown (2.13-r3) |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8