Out-of-Bounds Affecting cpio package, versions <2.6-10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CPIO-297880
  • published15 Dec 2005
  • disclosed15 Dec 2005

Introduced: 15 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-4268  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 cpio to version 2.6-10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cpio package and not the cpio package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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