CVE-2023-7207

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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.

4.9 /10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1 Mailing List
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163 Issue Tracking
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207 Third Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628 Mailing List Patch
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1 Mailing List
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163 Issue Tracking
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207 Third Party Advisory
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628 Mailing List Patch
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8 Mailing List
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

26 Aug 2025, 17:19

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First Time Gnu
Gnu cpio
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1 - Mailing List
References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163 - () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163 - Issue Tracking
References () https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207 - () https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628 - () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628 - Mailing List, Patch
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8 - () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8 - Mailing List

07 May 2025, 21:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CWE CWE-22

21 Nov 2024, 08:45

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1 -
References () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163 - () https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163 -
References () https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207 - () https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207 -
References () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628 - () https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628 -
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8 - () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8 -
Summary
  • (es) El cpio de Debian contiene una vulnerabilidad de path traversal. Este problema se introdujo al revertir los parches CVE-2015-1197 que habían provocado una regresión en --no-absolute-filenames. Desde entonces, Upstream ha proporcionado una solución adecuada para --no-absolute-filenames.

29 Feb 2024, 01:42

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-02-29 01:42

Updated : 2025-08-26 17:19

NVD link : CVE-2023-7207

Mitre link : CVE-2023-7207

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-7207

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Products Affected

gnu

  • cpio
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')