FreeBSD VuXML: Documenting security issues in FreeBSD and the FreeBSD Ports Collection

GNU cpio -- multiple vulnerabilities

Affected packages
gcpio < 2.13

Details

VuXML ID f59af308-07f3-11ea-8c56-f8b156b6dcc8
Discovery 2019-11-06
Entry 2019-11-15

Sergey Poznyakoff reports:

This stable release fixes several potential vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-1197: cpio, 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.

CVE-2016-2037: The cpio_safer_name_suffix function in util.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted cpio file.

CVE-2019-14866: Improper input validation when writing tar header fields leads to unexpected tar generation.

References

CVE Name CVE-2015-1197
CVE Name CVE-2016-2037
CVE Name CVE-2019-14866
URL https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2019-11/msg00000.html