UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207

    Published: 29 Feb 2024Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-7207
    Aliases:
    USN-6755-1

    Summary:

    Details: Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE-2015-1197 patches which had caused a regression in --no-absolute-filenames. Upstream has since provided a proper fix to --no-absolute-filenames.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-7207, https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628, https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7207, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6755-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cpio

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4

    Affected versions

    2.12+dfsg-9

    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