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
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 08:45

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References () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216 - Third Party Advisory () https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7216 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2249901 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

13 May 2024, 23:15

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Summary (en) 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, this allows writing files in arbitrary directories through symlinks. (en) 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.

Information

Published : 2024-02-05 15:15

Updated : 2026-02-25 19:29


NVD link : CVE-2023-7216

Mitre link : CVE-2023-7216

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-7216


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Products Affected
CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-22

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