CVE-2005-4268

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    CVE-2005-4268

    Published: 15 Dec 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://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, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669, http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html, 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://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/

    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