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    CVE-2005-4268

    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.

    Published:Nov 7, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Dec 15, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.0005
    CVSS Score:3.7

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Cpio
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    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://secunia.com/advisories/18251
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18278
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18280
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18395
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25161
    http://www.osvdb.org/22194
    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/
    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://secunia.com/advisories/18251
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18278
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18280
    http://secunia.com/advisories/18395
    http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25161
    http://www.osvdb.org/22194
    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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