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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3111-1 (cpio - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Michal Zalewski discovered an out of bounds write issue in cpio, a tool for creating and extracting cpio archive files. In the process of fixing that issue, the cpio developers found and fixed additional range checking and null pointer dereference issues.
Affected Software
Affected Software
cpio on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11+dfsg-0.1+deb7u1. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11+dfsg-4. We recommend that you upgrade your cpio packages.