Vulnerability CVE-2005-4268
Published: 2005-12-15   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.7/10
6.4/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> CPIO 

 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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16057
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23855
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10450
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6860
https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/
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