debian · CVE-2005-4268

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Priority: medium Published: Updated: Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:59:42 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2005-4268 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cpio), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

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.

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