Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
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 this issue.
Users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
Affected
cpio on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2010-0624 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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