CVE-2005-4268

Published: Dec 15, 2005Modified: Apr 16, 2026

3.7

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.9 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Cpio

Gnu

1 product

Cpio

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Cpio	Version 2.6-8

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (40)

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/18251

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/18278

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/18280

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/18395

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/20117

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/25098

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/25161

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.osvdb.org/22194

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16057

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23855

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10450

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6860

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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