Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-16 (cpio)

Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200506-16.
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 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/396429
Insight
cpio contains a flaw which may allow a specially crafted cpio archive to extract files to an arbitrary directory.