MGASA-2015-0106

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    MGASA-2015-0106

    Published: 12 Mar 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability: Alexander Cherepanov discovered that bsdcpio, an implementation of the "cpio" program part of the libarchive project, is susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability via absolute paths.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15438, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7, https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libarchive?arch=source&distro=mageia-4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.2-2.1.mga4

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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