Name: CVE-2005-1229: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2005-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2005-1229, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.02062

Directory traversal vulnerability in cpio 2.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in a cpio file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade cpio	Jul 30, 2024	May 2, 2005
Freebsd	—	Upgrade FreeBSD	Dec 10, 2025	Jan 27, 2006
Suse	—	Upgrade cpio	Feb 17, 2015	May 2, 2005

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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