CVE catalog

CVE-2005-1111

cpio: CVE-2005-1111

Severity: Medium
Published: May 2, 2005, 4:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.31% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

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	`2.6-6`	low	Not reported	[305372]
Debian	cpio	source	forky	`2.6-6`	low	Not reported	[305372]
Debian	cpio	source	trixie	`2.6-6`	low	Not reported	[305372]
Debian	cpio	source	bookworm	`2.6-6`	low	Not reported	[305372]

[Debian bug #305372]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[cpio]Fixed
Details (2)
- 2.13+dfsg-7.1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.6-6
  dsa · cpio · debian · bookworm; dsa · cpio · debian · 12
- 2.13+dfsg-7.1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.6-6
  dsa · cpio · debian · bookworm; dsa · cpio · debian · 12
[cpio-win32]Fixed
Source package: [cpio]
Details (2)
- 2.13+dfsg-7.1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.6-6
  dsa · cpio · debian · bookworm; dsa · cpio · debian · 12
- 2.13+dfsg-7.1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.6-6
  dsa · cpio · debian · bookworm; dsa · cpio · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[cpio]Fixed
Details (2)
- 2.15+dfsg-2 · amd64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.6-6
  dsa · cpio · debian · 13
- 2.15+dfsg-2 · arm64 · trixie
  Fixed · Fixed: 2.6-6
  dsa · cpio · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:02:36 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX]