usn-2906-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-02-22 18:05
Modified
2026-02-10 04:40
Summary
cpio vulnerabilities
Details

Alexander Cherepanov discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled symbolic links when used with the --no-absolute-filenames option. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially-crafted cpio archive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-1197)

Gustavo Grieco discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled memory when extracting archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially-crafted cpio archive, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause GNU cpio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2037)

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  "details": "Alexander Cherepanov discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled symbolic\nlinks when used with the --no-absolute-filenames option. If a user or\nautomated system were tricked into extracting a specially-crafted cpio\narchive, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary\nfiles. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n(CVE-2015-1197)\n\nGustavo Grieco discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled memory when\nextracting archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into\nextracting a specially-crafted cpio archive, a remote attacker could use\nthis issue to cause GNU cpio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or\npossibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2037)\n",
  "id": "USN-2906-1",
  "modified": "2026-02-10T04:40:57Z",
  "published": "2016-02-22T18:05:31Z",
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}



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