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CentOS Update for cpio CESA-2010:0144 centos5 i386
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 for the 'cpio' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running cpio. (CVE-2010-0624) Red Hat would like to thank Jakob Lell for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-0624 issue. A denial of service flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user expanded a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash. (CVE-2007-4476) Users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.
Affected Software
Affected Software
cpio on CentOS 5
Solution
Solution
Please install the updated packages.