DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4268
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268
Upstream
Published
2005-12-15T18:11:00Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:04:23.779141Z
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / cpio

Package

Name
cpio
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cpio?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268.json"

Debian:12 / cpio

Package

Name
cpio
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cpio?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268.json"

Debian:13 / cpio

Package

Name
cpio
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cpio?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268.json"

Debian:14 / cpio

Package

Name
cpio
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cpio?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6-10

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "medium"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4268.json"