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CVE-2005-1111 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...

MediumCVSS 4.7 EPSS 0.31%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

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.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
GNU cpio <= 2.6 No fix listed
debian linux = 3.0 No fix listed
debian linux = 3.1 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 4.10 No fix listed
Canonical Ubuntu Linux = 5.04 No fix listed
debian/cpio(Debian:12) < 2.6-6 2.6-6
debian/cpio(Debian:13) < 2.6-6 2.6-6
debian/cpio(Debian:14) < 2.6-6 2.6-6

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