PT-1996-1073 · Debian+1 · Cpio+1

Published 1996-07-16 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-1999-1572

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cpio on FreeBSD version 2.1.0 cpio on Debian GNU/Linux version 3.0

Description The issue allows local users to read or overwrite files created by cpio due to the use of a 0 umask when creating files with the -O or -F options, resulting in files being created with mode 0666.

Recommendations For cpio on FreeBSD version 2.1.0, consider changing the umask to a more restrictive setting to prevent unauthorized access to files created with the -O or -F options. For cpio on Debian GNU/Linux version 3.0, consider changing the umask to a more restrictive setting to prevent unauthorized access to files created with the -O or -F options.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1572

DSA-664-1

RHSA-2005:073

RHSA-2005:080

RHSA-2005_073

RHSA-2005_080

Affected Products

Red Hat

Cpio

References · 18

• 🔥 http://freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-1572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-1999-1572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-1999-1572 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1572 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17063 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17532 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19167 · Note
• http://trustix.org/errata/2005/0003 · Note
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-212.pdf · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10888 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/14357 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110763404701519&w=2 · Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-073.html · Note
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-664 · Note