CVE-2005-1111 — MEDIUM (4.7)

Q: How severe is CVE-2005-1111?

CVE-2005-1111 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 4.7/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2005-1111?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Gnu Cpio, Debian Debian Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

Vulnerability Description

Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by cpio after the decompression is complete.

CVSS Score

4.7

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

NONE

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Gnu	Cpio	<= 2.6
Debian	Debian Linux	3.0
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux	4.10

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59 CWE-367

References

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.ascBroken Link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txtBroken Link
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txtBroken Link
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.htmlBroken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2Mailing List
http://secunia.com/advisories/16998Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17123Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/17532Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18290Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/18395Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117Broken Link
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/15725Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-378.htmlBroken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.htmlBroken Link

FAQ

What is CVE-2005-1111?

CVE-2005-1111 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.7 (MEDIUM). Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of arbitrary files via a hard link attack on a file while it is being decompressed, whose permissions are changed by cpi...

How severe is CVE-2005-1111?

CVE-2005-1111 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 4.7/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2005-1111?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Gnu Cpio, Debian Debian Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Linux.