CVE-2005-1111

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.7
Exploit probability—
ProductGnu Cpio
PublishedMay 2, 2005
First seenMay 2, 2005

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gnu cpiov ≤ 2.6—
debian debian_linux3.0, 3.1—
canonical ubuntu_linux4.10, 5.04—

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