CVE-2005-1111 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published 16 Apr 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit a race condition in cpio to modify permissions of arbitrary files via hard link attacks during decompression.

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-2005-1111?

CVE-2005-1111 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Apr 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier 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.

Weakness: CWE-59, CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1111?

It affects 3 products.

Linux distribution packages (16)

`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`0:2.5-4.RHEL3`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	All versions	`0:2.5-4.RHEL3`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`0:2.5-4.RHEL3`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	All versions	`0:2.5-4.RHEL3`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`0:2.5-4.RHEL3`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	All versions	`0:2.5-4.RHEL3`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`0:2.5-4.RHEL3`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	All versions	`0:2.5-4.RHEL3`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	All versions	`0:2.5-8.RHEL4`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as	All versions	`0:2.5-8.RHEL4`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	All versions	`0:2.5-8.RHEL4`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop	All versions	`0:2.5-8.RHEL4`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	All versions	`0:2.5-8.RHEL4`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es	All versions	`0:2.5-8.RHEL4`
`cpio` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	All versions	`0:2.5-8.RHEL4`
`cpio-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws	All versions	`0:2.5-8.RHEL4`

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Gnu Cpio.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1111?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2005-1111 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1111 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1111, GHSA-fg93-983g-7p2v, RHSA-2005:378.