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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1111

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.

Products
cpio
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.6-6
CVEs
CVE-2005-1111
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1111

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 May 2005, 04:00 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1111

cpio

Fixed versions: 2.6-6

cpio

Fixed versions: 2.6-6

cpio

Fixed versions: 2.6-6

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1111",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1111",
    "products": [
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        },
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          }
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        },
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    "severity": "medium",
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          },
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        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-23T04:00:20.101936432Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2005-1111"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1111"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2005-1111",
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    ],
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 412156,
  "published_at": "2005-05-02T04:00:00+00:00"
}