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CVE-1999-1572 json

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…

published 1996-07-16 30 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-1553

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • cpio Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.5-1.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-1999-1572

  • cpio RHEL 3 2.5-3e.3
  • cpio RHEL 4 2.5-7.EL4.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:080RHSA-2005:073

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-1999-1572 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cpio 2.5-3e.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cpio 2.5-3e.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:080
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cpio 2.5-7.EL4.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cpio 2.5-7.EL4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:073
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:806
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cpio 2.5-3e.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:080
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cpio 2.5-7.EL4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:073
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:806
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cpio 2.5-3e.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:080
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cpio 2.5-7.EL4.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:073
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  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:806

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Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/1391 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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