UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-7207
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207
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Published
2024-02-29T01:42:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:54:16Z
Severity
  • 4.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Debian's cpio contains a path traversal vulnerability. This issue was introduced by reverting CVE-2015-1197 patches which had caused a regression in --no-absolute-filenames. Upstream has since provided a proper fix to --no-absolute-filenames.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / cpio

Package

Name
cpio
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cpio@2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4

Affected versions

2.*

2.12+dfsg-9
2.12+dfsg-9ubuntu1
2.13+dfsg-1
2.13+dfsg-2
2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cpio",
            "binary_version": "2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "cpio-win32",
            "binary_version": "2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / cpio

Package

Name
cpio
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cpio@2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.13+dfsg-4ubuntu4
2.13+dfsg-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "cpio",
            "binary_version": "2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "cpio-win32",
            "binary_version": "2.13+dfsg-7ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-7207.json"