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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-4268 Detail

Deferred

This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 3.7 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/15/2010)

This issue was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html and in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18251 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18278 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18280 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/18395 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/25161 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.osvdb.org/22194 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16057 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23855 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10450 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6860 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST

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Change History

6 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:03:50 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
Added Reference 
http://frontal1.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:237
Added Reference 
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18251
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18278
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18280
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18395
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/25161
Added Reference 
http://www.osvdb.org/22194
Added Reference 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0245.html
Added Reference 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16057
Added Reference 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172669
Added Reference 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23855
Added Reference 
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1338
Added Reference 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10450
Added Reference 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6860
Added Reference 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/13/2024 9:33:10 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/03/2018 5:34:28 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/ [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-234-1 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/10/2017 9:30:30 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10450 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6860 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10450 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6860 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 7/19/2017 9:29:12 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23855 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/23855 [No Types Assigned]

Initial CVE Analysis 12/15/2005 1:27:00 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-4268
NVD Published Date:
12/15/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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