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 the CVE-2010-0624 issue.
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded large archive files. If a user expanded a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash. This issue only affected 64-bit platforms. (CVE-2005-4268)
Users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.
Affected
cpio on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-4268, CVE-2010-0624 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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