CVE-2005-4268
EPSS 0.05%
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.
How to fix CVE-2005-4268
To remediate CVE-2005-4268, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/cpio—upgrade to 2.6-10 or later
Is CVE-2005-4268 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.6-10