CVE-2015-1194 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

43%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

48%

pax 1:20140703 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

pax 1:20140703 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack in an archive.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2015-01-21 18:59:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2015-01-23 21:56:00

Affected Software

pax project pax 1:20130703

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References

[oss-security] 20150118 Re: CVE request: pigz, kgb, pax: directory traversal

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774716

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