{"id":"USN-2906-1","summary":"cpio vulnerabilities","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","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:57Z","published":"2016-02-22T18:05:31Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1197","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2037"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1197","CVE-2016-2037","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1197","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2037"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2906-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1197"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2037"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cpio","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cpio@2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2"}]}],"versions":["2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1","2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"cpio","binary_version":"2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}],"id":"CVE-2015-1197"},{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2016-2037"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2906-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}