PT-2005-4956 · Gnu+1 · Cpio+1

Richard Harms · Published 2005-12-15 · Updated 2018-10-03 · CVE-2005-4268

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.7

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cpio version 2.6-8.FC4

Description A buffer overflow issue exists when creating a cpio archive on 64-bit platforms, allowing local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file whose size is represented by more than 8 digits.

Recommendations For cpio version 2.6-8.FC4, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as using files with sizes represented by more than 8 digits may trigger the buffer overflow. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4268

RHSA-2007:0245

RHSA-2007_0245

RHSA-2010:0145

Affected Products

Red Hat

Cpio

References · 26

• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4268 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4268 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4268 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18278 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4268 · Note
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338 · Note