PT-2015-5159 · Gnu+2 · Cpio+2

Alexander Cherepanov · Published 2015-02-19 · Updated 2025-08-26 · CVE-2015-1197

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cpio version 2.11

Description The issue allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive when the --no-absolute-filenames option is used.

Recommendations For cpio version 2.11, avoid using the --no-absolute-filenames option until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to archives that may contain symlinks to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-2097

CVE-2015-1197

MGASA-2019-0326

OESA-2023-1300

OESA-2023-1336

OESA-2023-1337

OESA-2023-1338

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10697-1

USN-2906-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Ubuntu

Cpio

References · 53

• 🔥 https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2015-01/msg00000.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774669 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1197 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0326.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1300 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:066 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10697-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1197 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2906-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1197 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1197 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/OESA-2023-1336 · Vendor Advisory