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CVE-2005-1111 Detail

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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

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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Hyperlink Resource
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc Broken Link 
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc Broken Link 
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt Broken Link 
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.2/SCOSA-2006.2.txt Broken Link 
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt Broken Link 
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.32/SCOSA-2005.32.txt Broken Link 
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html Broken Link 
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html Broken Link 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2 Mailing List 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111342664116120&w=2 Mailing List 
http://secunia.com/advisories/16998 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/16998 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17123 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17123 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17532 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17532 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18290 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18290 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18395 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/18395 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117 Broken Link 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-846 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/15725 Broken Link 
http://www.osvdb.org/15725 Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-378.html Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-378.html Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html Broken Link 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13159 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13159 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-189-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A358 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A358 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9783 Broken Link 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9783 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-1111
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2005
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE