Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file.
Published: 2005-04-22
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-1232 Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-189-1 cpio vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:44:05.397Z

Reserved: 2005-04-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1229

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1229

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2005-04-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-1229 - Bugzilla

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