CVE-2005-4268

Summary

CVECVE-2005-4268
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-15 18:11:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:34:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Cpio 2.6-8 All fedora_core_4_64bit All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.6-8 All fedora_core_4_64bit All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338 CONFIRM issues.rpath.com
CPIO File Size Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for cpio SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - FreeBSD update for cpio SECUNIA secunia.com
Cpio Large File Size Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
172669 – CVE-2005-4268 cpio large filesize buffer overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2006:010 SUSE lists.suse.com
rPath update for cpio - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for cpio SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-234-1: cpio vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Red Hat Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
FreeBSD-SA-06:03 FREEBSD ftp.freebsd.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
22194 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
mandriva.com MANDRIVA frontal1.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-03-15Mark J CoxThis issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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