Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cpio (MDKSA-2005:116-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 18678

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

A race condition has been found in cpio 2.6 and earlier which 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 (CVE-2005-1111).

A vulnerability has been discovered in cpio that allows a malicious cpio file to extract to an arbitrary directory of the attackers choice. cpio will extract to the path specified in the cpio file, this path can be absolute (CVE-2005-1229).

Update :

The previous packages had a problem upgrading due to an unresolved issue with tar and rmt. These packages correct the problem.

Solution

Update the affected cpio package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 18678

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-116.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 7/12/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cpio, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1111, CVE-2005-1229

MDKSA: 2005:116-1

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