CVE-2023-7216
CVSS 3.1 Score 5.3 of 10 (medium)
Details
Published Feb 5, 2024
Updated: Jun 12, 2024
CWE ID 59
CWE ID 22
Summary
CVE-2023-7216 is a newly discovered path traversal vulnerability affecting the CPIO utility. This issue permits a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trick users into opening maliciously crafted archive files. During the extraction process, the CPIO archiver follows symlinks outside of the intended directory, enabling an attacker to write files in arbitrary directories, potentially leading to serious security consequences.
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Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Affected Vendors
- Red Hat
Advisories, Assessments, and Mitigations
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