CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
65.1%
Issue Overview:
GNU cpio through 2.13 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pattern file, because of a dstring.c ds_fgetstr integer overflow that triggers an out-of-bounds heap write. NOTE: it is unclear whether there are common cases where the pattern file, associated with the -E option, is untrusted data. (CVE-2021-38185)
Affected Packages:
cpio
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update cpio to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.aarch64
cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.aarch64
i686:
cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.i686
cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.i686
src:
cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.src
x86_64:
cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.x86_64
cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2021-38185
Mitre: CVE-2021-38185
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | cpio | < 2.12-11.amzn2 | cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | aarch64 | cpio-debuginfo | < 2.12-11.amzn2 | cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.aarch64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | cpio | < 2.12-11.amzn2 | cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | i686 | cpio-debuginfo | < 2.12-11.amzn2 | cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | cpio | < 2.12-11.amzn2 | cpio-2.12-11.amzn2.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 2 | x86_64 | cpio-debuginfo | < 2.12-11.amzn2 | cpio-debuginfo-2.12-11.amzn2.x86_64.rpm |
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
65.1%