VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-4268
Buffer overflow in cpio 2.6-8.FC4 on 64-bit platforms, when creating a cpio archive, allows 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.
LOW 3.7EPSS 0.54%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.54%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in cpio 2.6-8.FC4 on 64-bit platforms, when creating a cpio archive, allows 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.7 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/cpio
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
- http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18395
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25161
- http://www.osvdb.org/22194
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16057
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23855
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10450
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6860
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
- http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18251
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18278
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18280
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18395
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25161
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.