Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cpio
announced via advisory DSA 664-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20664-1
Insight
It has been discovered, that cpio, a program to manage archives of files, creates output files with -O and -F with broken permissions due to a reset zero umask which allows local users to read or overwrite those files.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-39woody1
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your cpio package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-1999-1572 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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