CVE-2005-4268
N/A
Published: December 15, 2005 at 06:08 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCpio
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory 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://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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