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TI-2005-01049 Aliases CVE-2005-1111GHSA-fg93-983g-7p2v

Race condition in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions of…

Priority LOW 21CWE-367Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00311 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 5

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.6VulnerableGNU
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.1VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.04VulnerableCanonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.6 Vulnerable ·GNU
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.1 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2005:806 Released 2005-11-10 · Red Hat rating Low
    cpio security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
  • RHSA-2005:378 Released 2005-07-21 · Red Hat rating Low
    cpio security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3, cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3, cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.i386, cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4, cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.i386, cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4, cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3, cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.i386, cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4, cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.i386, cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3, cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.i386, cpio-2.5-4.RHEL3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4, cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.i386, cpio-2.5-8.RHEL4.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:378
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 Fixed RHSA-2005:806
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:378
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:378
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:378
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2005:806
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:378
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:378
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1Fixed RHSA-2005:806
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:378
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:378
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1Fixed RHSA-2005:806

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-1111
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fg93-983g-7p2v

References

Advisory 5

Other 4

Sources

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