CVE-2023-7216

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    CVE-2023-7216

    Published: 5 Feb 2024Last Modified: 12 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A path traversal vulnerability was found in the CPIO utility. This issue could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted archive. During the extraction process, the archiver could follow symlinks outside of the intended directory, which allows files to be written in arbitrary directories through symlinks.

    References: , https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901

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    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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