CVE-2005-4268

Published Dec 15, 2005

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
3.7
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-119

Vendor comments

  • Red HatThis 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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