CVE-1999-1572
cpio - broken file permissions
EPSS 0.14%
Description
cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read or overwrite those files.
How to fix CVE-1999-1572
To remediate CVE-1999-1572, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cpio—upgrade to 2.5-1.2 or later
- Debian/cpio—upgrade to 2.4.2-39woody1 or later
Is CVE-1999-1572 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.5-1.2
- from 0, < 2.4.2-39woody1