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CVE-2005-4268 (GCVE-0-2005-4268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-15 18:08 – Updated: 2024-08-07 23:38
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-02… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/25161 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-01… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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http://secunia.com/advisories/18395 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/18251 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://usn.ubuntu.com/234-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2005-12-15 00:00
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