libarchive: directory traversal in bsdcpio
Published Mar 15, 2015
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.89%
Description
Absolute path traversal vulnerability in bsdcpio in libarchive 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a full pathname in an archive.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 3.1.2
Configuration 2
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
- 13.1
- 13.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libarchive
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libarchive
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libarchive | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libarchive | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.89% (0.04890) | 91.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.92% (0.04924) | 90.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.98% (0.02978) | 85.30th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.15% (0.04148) | 80.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.98% (0.02978) | 85.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00836) | 82.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 1.15% (0.01148) | 84.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.15% (0.01148) | 82.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (17)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2304 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192482 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2304
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2304
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
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