CVE-2023-7207 (GCVE-0-2023-7207)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-05 00:39 – Updated: 2025-05-07 20:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE-2015-1197 patches which had caused a regression in --no-absolute-filenames. Upstream has since provided a proper fix to --no-absolute-filenames.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-07 20:19 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
5 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian cpio |
Affected:
0 , < 2.14+dfsg-1
(semver)
|
guessed |
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