CVE catalog
CVE-1999-1572
cpio: CVE-1999-1572
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.55% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cpio | sid | 2.15+dfsg-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | cpio | forky | 2.15+dfsg-2.1 | fixed |
| Debian | cpio | trixie | 2.15+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| Debian | cpio | bookworm | 2.13+dfsg-7.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cpio | source | sid | 2.5-1.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [293379] |
| Debian | cpio | source | forky | 2.5-1.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [293379] |
| Debian | cpio | source | trixie | 2.5-1.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [293379] |
| Debian | cpio | source | bookworm | 2.5-1.2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [293379] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [cpio]Fixed
Details (2)
2.13+dfsg-7.1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5-1.2dsa · cpio · debian · bookworm; dsa · cpio · debian · 12
2.13+dfsg-7.1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5-1.2dsa · cpio · debian · bookworm; dsa · cpio · debian · 12
- [cpio-win32]Fixed
Source package: [cpio]
Details (2)
2.13+dfsg-7.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5-1.2dsa · cpio · debian · bookworm; dsa · cpio · debian · 12
2.13+dfsg-7.1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.5-1.2dsa · cpio · debian · bookworm; dsa · cpio · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [cpio]Fixed
Details (2)
2.15+dfsg-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5-1.2dsa · cpio · debian · 13
2.15+dfsg-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.5-1.2dsa · cpio · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:806]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-1999-1572]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-664-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-1999-1572]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]