MGASA-2019-0326: cpio Mageia

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 14-11-2019Last modified 16-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2019-0326 is a vulnerability in cpio Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
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0%100%
No EPSS score yet
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 2 · Downstream 0
CVE-2015-1197CVE-2019-14866

Timeline

  1. 14-11-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated cpio packages fix security vulnerabilities in cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive (CVE-2015-1197). Thomas Habets discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to privilege escalation (CVE-2019-14866). cpio has been updated to 2.13 that fixes theese issues.

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Public exploits

0 found

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Mageia1 product
  • cpio< 2.13-1.mga7

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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