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CVE-2015-2304 json

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-2401

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libarchive Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.1.2-11

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2304

  • libarchive Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2304

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libarchive SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 3.1.2-25.1
  • bsdtar Studio Onsite 1.3, SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 +8 more 2.5.5-9.1
  • libarchive SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 3.1.2-9.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2911-1SUSE-SU-2016:1939-1SUSE-SU-2015:0667-1

  • bsdtar openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.2.2-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10127-1

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-2304 updated cvss 2.6

libarchive: directory traversal in bsdcpio

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libarchive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 bsdtar, bsdcpio, libarchive
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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