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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2024.6755.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-6755-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'cpio' package(s) announced via the USN-6755-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'cpio' package(s) announced via the USN-6755-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Ingo Bruckl discovered that cpio contained a path traversal vulnerability.
If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially
crafted cpio archive, an attacker could possibly use this issue to write
arbitrary files outside the target directory on the host, even if using the
option --no-absolute-filenames.

Affected Software/OS:
'cpio' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 23.10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-7207
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1059163
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-7207
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=376d663340a9dc91c91a5849e5713f07571c1628
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/21/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/05/1
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