CVE-2005-1111

security flaw

Published Apr 16, 2005 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by cpio after the decompression is complete.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-189-1 cpio vulnerabilities
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 9:35 PM
Reserved
Apr 16, 2005, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 2, 2005, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:12 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Apr 13, 2005, 12:00 AM