usn-2549-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-03-25 14:36
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
libarchive vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that the libarchive bsdcpio utility extracted absolute paths by default without using the --insecure flag, contrary to expectations. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting cpio archives containing absolute paths, a remote attacker may be able to write to arbitrary files. (CVE-2015-2304)

Fabian Yamaguchi discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain type conversions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-0211)

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
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          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2015-2304",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdcpio",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "bsdtar",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libarchive13",
            "binary_version": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1"
          }
        ]
      },
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        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "libarchive",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/libarchive@3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.1.2-7ubuntu2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.1.2-5ubuntu1",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu1",
        "3.1.2-7ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that the libarchive bsdcpio utility extracted absolute\npaths by default without using the --insecure flag, contrary to\nexpectations. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting\ncpio archives containing absolute paths, a remote attacker may be able to\nwrite to arbitrary files. (CVE-2015-2304)\n\nFabian Yamaguchi discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain\ntype conversions. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nlibarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2013-0211)\n",
  "id": "USN-2549-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2015-03-25T14:36:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2549-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0211"
    },
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    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "libarchive vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-0211",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-2304"
  ]
}



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