title: Cpio: extraction allows symlinks which enables remote command execution
description: A path traversal vulnerability was found in the CPIO utility. This issue could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to trick a user into opening a specially crafted archive. During the extraction process, the archiver could follow symlinks outside of the intended directory, this allows writing files in arbitrary directories through symlinks.
problem types: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
affected:
{
product: cpio
vendor: n/a
defaultStatus: affected
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: cpio
defaultStatus: unknown
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: cpio
defaultStatus: affected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: cpio
defaultStatus: affected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
}
{
vendor: Red Hat
product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
collectionURL: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/
packageName: cpio
defaultStatus: affected
cpes: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
}
{
product: Fedora
vendor: Fedora
collectionURL: https://packages.fedoraproject.org/
packageName: cpio
defaultStatus: unknown
}
metrics:
other: [
content: {'value': 'Moderate', 'namespace': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/'}
type: Red Hat severity rating
]
workarounds: Use the --no-absolute-filenames option to avoid this behaviour.