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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-16 (cpio)
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Gentoo Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.7
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
6 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200506-16.
Insight
Insight
cpio contains a flaw which may allow a specially crafted cpio archive to extract files to an arbitrary directory.
Solution
Solution
All cpio users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/cpio-2.6-r3' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200506-16 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90619