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FreeBSD Security Advisory (FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc
Insight
Insight
The cpio utility copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. A number of issues has been discovered in cpio: . When creating a new file, cpio closes the file before setting its permissions. (CVE-2005-1111) . When extracting files cpio does not properly sanitize file names to filter out .. components, even if the --no-absolute-filenames option is used. (CVE-2005-1229) . When adding large files (larger than 4 GB) to a cpio archive on 64-bit platforms an internal buffer might overflow. (CVE-2005-4268)
Solution
Solution
Upgrade your system to the appropriate stable release or security branch dated after the correction date https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc