UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2304

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2304

    Published: 15 Mar 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-2304
    Aliases:
    USN-2549-1

    Summary:

    Details: Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an archive.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2304, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7, https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2549-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2304

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1

    Affected versions

    3.1.2-5ubuntu1
    3.1.2-7ubuntu1
    3.1.2-7ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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