Remote Path Traversal Vulnerability in CPIO Utility Could Allow Tricking Users into Executing Arbitrary Commands
CVE-2023-7216

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Red Hat
Status
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 February 2024

What is CVE-2023-7216?

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, which allows files to be written in arbitrary directories through symlinks.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Red Hat would like to thank Febin Mon Saji for reporting this issue.
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CVE-2023-7216 : Remote Path Traversal Vulnerability in CPIO Utility Could Allow Tricking Users into Executing Arbitrary Commands