NewStart CGSL MAIN 7.02 : cpio Vulnerability (NS-SA-2025-0164)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242695

Synopsis

The remote NewStart CGSL host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 7.02, has cpio packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability:

- cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive. (CVE-2015-1197)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL cpio packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242695

File Name: newstart_cgsl_NS-SA-2025-0164_cpio.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks

Published: 7/25/2025

Updated: 7/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1197

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:zte:cgsl_main:cpio, cpe:/o:zte:cgsl_main:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/ZTE-CGSL/release, Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1197

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