CVE-2005-1229

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    CVE-2005-1229

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file.

    References: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/16998, http://secunia.com/advisories/17123, http://secunia.com/advisories/18290, http://secunia.com/advisories/18395, http://secunia.com/advisories/20117, http://secunia.com/advisories/27857, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:233, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111403177526312&w=2, http://www.osvdb.org/17939, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13291, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20204

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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