| Name | CVE-2023-7207 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1059163 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cpio (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u4 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.11+dfsg-6+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.12+dfsg-9+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2.13+dfsg-7.1~deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.13+dfsg-7.1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.15+dfsg-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cpio | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| cpio | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| cpio | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| cpio | source | (unstable) | 2.14+dfsg-1 | | | 1059163 |
Notes
[bookworm] - cpio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - cpio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - cpio <not-affected> (Partial CVE-2015-1197 patch revert not applied)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
Fixed by: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628 (v2.14)
[stretch] - cpio <not-affected> (Partial CVE-2015-1197 patch revert not applied)
[jessie] - cpio <not-affected> (Partial CVE-2015-1197 patch revert not applied)