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Arch Linux: ASA-201503-22 Low Severity Directory Traversal Issue

The package cpio before version 2.11-6 is vulnerable to directory traversal. . Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201503-22 ========================================= Severity: Low Date : 2015-03-23 CVE-ID : CVE-2015-1197 Package : cpio Type : directory traversal Remote : No Link : https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/CVE Summary ====== The package cpio before version 2.11-6 is vulnerable to directory traversal. Resolution ========= Upgrade to 2.11-6. # pacman -Syu "cpio> =2.11-6" The problem has not been fixed upstream but patches were available. Workaround ========= None. Description ========== It was reported that cpio is vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability when using the --no-absolute-filenames option. While extracting an archive, it will extract symlinks and then follow them if they are referenced in further entries. This can be exploited by a rogue archive to write to files outside the current directory. Impact ===== An attacker is able to use a specially crafted archive containing a symlink to perform directory traversal resulting in arbitrary file write. References ========= https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-1197 https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/44173 . The Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202303-15 discusses a minor severity path traversal vulnerability found in the tar package.. Arch Linux Security Advisory, Directory Traversal, Cpio Package, Security Updates. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Debian: DSA 846-1 Critical: Cpio Package Local Threats Fixed

Updated package.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 846-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 7th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package : cpio Vulnerability : several Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-1111 CAN-2005-1229 Debian Bug : 306693 305372 Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in cpio, a program to manage archives of files. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CAN-2005-1111 Imran Ghory discovered a race condition in setting the file permissions of files extracted from cpio archives. A local attacker with write access to the target directory could exploit this to alter the permissions of arbitrary files the extracting user has write permissions for. CAN-2005-1229 Imran Ghory discovered that cpio does not sanitise the path of extracted files even if the --no-absolute-filenames option was specified. This can be exploited to install files in arbitrary locations where the extracting user has write permissions to. For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 2.4.2-39woody2. For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.5-1.3. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.6-6. We recommend that you upgrade your cpio package. Upgrade Instructions - --------------------wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 549 15ede7cbecf63993116b4e6a6565a52a Size/MD5 checksum: 23977 58175edde016c3ddb92804479697288f Size/MD5 checksum: 181728 3e976db71229d52a8a135540698052df Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 72916 8a3c436670b93fe9d6c0d7b9c6620826 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 64050 96781e9c208d4629c9bad9fd489a6752 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 61704 c4fd8a026047cd14a9516224d8319e13 Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 84576 5d9d925c312a5a9f141949c134fd23d3 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 69922 219bd8e8d9de88975eca8c8df4e9ddd9 Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 59998 b4ef64480db82238635e1c7f5b851eee Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 69160 a3f333c7b10c4f06a37de29de89844c1 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 68852 d704acf1b5d5c82ab024f6d45eab5686 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 64284 4227c627aa48dc40cacdde9cb866322a IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 64190 975304691e816ea35e5b1a1edbaca8fc Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 65916 e9fcc403a99fa3c930c9a7ede7daeef4 Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 alias sarge - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 533 ab5695c02739c74d12ceb5ccf15a2f9e Size/MD5 checksum: 26981 658f6330c2e56576251755f21291a22a Size/MD5 checksum: 185480 e02859af1bbbbd73fcbf757acb57e0a4 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 75340 e5f2db24ac4a7fa37e03299092e04869 AMD64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 68580 e04afdcd5c4cd7d4ae7b9314c91f2003 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 65356 599f5449dcd3c6774becab5db930c1eb Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 64862 0af18766ab51b22276fe1458e19e6dfa Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 85968 ec853bd84c3c86a86edd1eaab3daaed9 HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 70918 7d189eac1083bf7171a3378e076bd41d Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 61566 5a1b92f6d84b61108c382f282541d4fd Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 73286 3e159d225f6ed5683206ee891e73e411 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 72982 593e2f05e139ff23ba448289dde24085 PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 67680 4fd0a44a984aa4dba6bde7144289fc82 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 68708 6ecc6f8ad9a1f5fd56eeea4fe421ef39 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 64812 04cec657cd5681d4ab8c8e27f70d1653 These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory. updated, package, --------------------------------------------------------------------------debian. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3/4 RHSA-2005:378-01 Low: Cpio Permissions Fix

An updated cpio package that fixes multiple issues is now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.. - --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: cpio security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2005:378-01 Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:378.html Issue date: 2005-07-21 Updated on: 2005-07-21 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux CVE Names: CAN-2005-1111 - ---------------------------------------------------------------------1. Summary: An updated cpio package that fixes multiple issues is now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 3 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64 3. Problem description: GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. A race condition bug was found in cpio. It is possible for a local malicious user to modify the permissions of a local file if they have write access to a directory in which a cpio archive is being extracted. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-1111 to this issue. Additionally, this update adds cpio support for archives larger than 2GB. However, the size of individual files within an archive is limited to 4GB. All users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which containsbackported fixes for these issues. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat Update Agent, use the following command: up2date For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the following Web page for the System Administration or Customization guide specific to your system: https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/ 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 105617 - cpio does not support large files > 2GB 144688 - cpio fails to unpack initrd on ppc 154507 - 511278 - needs fix for RHEL 4 on cpio bugzilla 105617 155749 - CAN-2005-1111 Race condition in cpio 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3: SRPMS: e5f2a621ca4099de80ad451722fbf17f cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.src.rpm i386: 6d24e863541e94a83322c2c2f9a7cf01 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.i386.rpm ia64: e7d62ac8c85bdf8e6292ff6d6b167069 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.ia64.rpm ppc: 387a870467065f058f2dc75e0b4088d6 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.ppc.rpm s390: fe8d12ebe4e78abe460a7c062eac777f cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.s390.rpm s390x: 7f78260811bb7a827b436d1f19a5b780 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.s390x.rpm x86_64: e8c3dc0c74a04b6d42bcb9af63a0e3f3 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Desktop version 3: SRPMS: e5f2a621ca4099de80ad451722fbf17f cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.src.rpm i386: 6d24e863541e94a83322c2c2f9a7cf01 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.i386.rpm x86_64: e8c3dc0c74a04b6d42bcb9af63a0e3f3 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3: SRPMS: e5f2a621ca4099de80ad451722fbf17f cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.src.rpm i386: 6d24e863541e94a83322c2c2f9a7cf01 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.i386.rpm ia64: e7d62ac8c85bdf8e6292ff6d6b167069 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.ia64.rpm x86_64: e8c3dc0c74a04b6d42bcb9af63a0e3f3 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3: SRPMS: e5f2a621ca4099de80ad451722fbf17f cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.src.rpm i386: 6d24e863541e94a83322c2c2f9a7cf01 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.i386.rpm ia64: e7d62ac8c85bdf8e6292ff6d6b167069 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.ia64.rpm x86_64: e8c3dc0c74a04b6d42bcb9af63a0e3f3 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4: SRPMS: 17b4f342a3b3aaa3d47b06b420b6950f cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.src.rpm i386: e275d9014ba5e817b821597548f73d20 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.i386.rpm ia64: f433780eb69c44dbe0cdd9ebca0c2ab6 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.ia64.rpm ppc: 8b2602b1cd384a24e881b0c1c5100fe3 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.ppc.rpm s390: 135b9dca6dac52f3889b0b06bcebd118 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.s390.rpm s390x: 64df4fdcf4219ebfc5b7d1559150765e cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.s390x.rpm x86_64: ce03220243730632bbfdad24ee340b8d cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4: SRPMS: 17b4f342a3b3aaa3d47b06b420b6950f cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.src.rpm i386: e275d9014ba5e817b821597548f73d20 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.i386.rpm x86_64: ce03220243730632bbfdad24ee340b8d cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4: SRPMS: 17b4f342a3b3aaa3d47b06b420b6950f cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.src.rpm i386: e275d9014ba5e817b821597548f73d20 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.i386.rpm ia64: f433780eb69c44dbe0cdd9ebca0c2ab6 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.ia64.rpm x86_64: ce03220243730632bbfdad24ee340b8d cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4: SRPMS: 17b4f342a3b3aaa3d47b06b420b6950f cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.src.rpm i386: e275d9014ba5e817b821597548f73d20 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.i386.rpm ia64: f433780eb69c44dbe0cdd9ebca0c2ab6 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.ia64.rpm x86_64: ce03220243730632bbfdad24ee340b8d cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key#package 7. References: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-1111 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details athttps://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact Copyright 2005 Red Hat, Inc. . Red Hat notification regarding a minor cpio patch addressing access control problems and enhancing archive functionality.. Red Hat Advisory, cpio Package, Security Update, Linux Archive, Permissions Fix. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team

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