CVE-2015-1191

Publication date 21 January 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that pigz was susceptible to a directory traversal vulnerability. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious archive, arbitrary files could be overwritten.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pigz 22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

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