Path traversal in pigz - CVE-2015-1191
Published: January 21, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40931
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1191
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pigz 2.3.1 allow remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a (1) full pathname or (2) .. (dot dot) in an archive.
Affected software
pigz
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
pigz
Amazon Linux AMI
Fedora
pigz
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1191
Install update from vendor's website.
pigz - addressed in versions 2.3.3-1.el6, 2.3.3-1.el7, 2.3.3-1.fc21
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00013.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-03/msg00017.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/18/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72109
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774978
- https://github.com/madler/pigz/commit/fdad1406b3ec809f4954ff7cdf9e99eb18c2458f