6.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2015-2304
Libarchive BSDcpio Path Traversal Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 15, 2015, 7:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-2304 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Libarchive libarchive
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2015-2304.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 Exploit
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-2304 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-2304 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3180
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/16/7
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
    Added Reference https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/59357157706d47c365b2227739e17daba3607526
    Added Reference https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/110
    Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03
    Added Reference https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J [Exploit]
    Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-03 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035996 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 11, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:22.libarchive.asc
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:x64:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:x64:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 02, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0106.html
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:157
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2549-1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 26, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00065.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J No Types Assigned https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J Exploit
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
    Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:x64:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J No Types Assigned https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/libarchive-discuss/dN9y1VvE1Qk/Z9uerigjQn0J Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/07/5 Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-22
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-2304 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.98 }} -1.17%

score

0.85304

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability