| Name | CVE-2015-1197 |
| Description | cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | low |
| Debian Bugs | 774669 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cpio (PTS) | jessie | 2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch | 2.11+dfsg-6 | fixed |
| buster | 2.12+dfsg-9 | fixed |
| bullseye, sid | 2.13+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cpio | source | (unstable) | 2.11+dfsg-4.1 | low | | 774669 |
Notes
[wheezy] - cpio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[squeeze] - cpio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Patch used in SUSE: https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=599460&action=diff
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=45b0ee2b407913c533f7ded8d6f8cbeec16ff6ca
Regression in upstream's handling of patch https://bugs.debian.org/946267