CVE-2005-1229

Published: May 2, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

4.6

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Cpio

Gnu

1 product

Cpio

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Cpio	Up to 2.6

References (34)

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt (unsafe URL)

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111403177526312&w=2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/16998

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/17123

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/18290

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/18395

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/20117

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/27857

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.osvdb.org/17939

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13291

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20204

Source: cve@mitre.org

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc (unsafe URL)