CVE-1999-1572 Misconfiguration in n/a

Low 2.1 Published 29 Jan 2005 Updated 1 Aug 2024

Local attackers can read or overwrite files created by cpio due to insecure default permissions, affecting system integrity and confidentiality.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-1999-1572?

CVE-1999-1572 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 29 Jan 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

cpio on FreeBSD 2.1.0, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0, and possibly other operating systems, uses a 0 umask when creating files using the -O (archive) or -F options, which creates the files with mode 0666 and allows local users to read or overwrite those files.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1572?

It affects 6 products.

Linux distribution packages (16)

`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`0:2.5-3e.3`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`0:2.5-3e.3`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`0:2.5-3e.3`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`0:2.5-3e.3`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`0:2.5-3e.3`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`0:2.5-3e.3`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`0:2.5-3e.3`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`0:2.5-3e.3`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	All versions	`0:2.5-7.EL4.1`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	All versions	`0:2.5-7.EL4.1`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	All versions	`0:2.5-7.EL4.1`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	All versions	`0:2.5-7.EL4.1`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	All versions	`0:2.5-7.EL4.1`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	All versions	`0:2.5-7.EL4.1`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	All versions	`0:2.5-7.EL4.1`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	All versions	`0:2.5-7.EL4.1`

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Freebsd Freebsd, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1572?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-1999-1572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-1999-1572, DSA-664-1, GHSA-j8q5-qf4r-w33w, RHSA-2005:073, RHSA-2005:080.