SB2015050502 - Path traversal in libarchive (Alpine package)
Published: May 5, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015050502
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2304)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=87822f4ac4adaaafbbee3ffe58ab6eebdc12907e
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=fd77c7aec807195aafce696698671418dff7d932
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=f3f119d328f0cf56437edc38e278ecd7d8424ec3
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=d2a5b9cfbd30cca68d17f0e128f98a137428893a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=658bcc9c593f1c8d2fa0e7c30347b2ce44327d21
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=8fcb0a179888b5ce69a7ba1939f77397a7453782
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=a5e78a324419db97eabbe6d9e8f9b3ad51c6203a
- https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1bf7c975d00a298b60add7e1ec4bfd8f94334d78