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cpio -- multiple vulnerabilities

Affected packages
		gcpio	<	2.11_3

Details

VuXML ID	72ee9707-d7b2-11e4-8d8e-f8b156b6dcc8
Discovery	2015-03-27
Entry	2015-03-31

From the Debian Security Team:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_copy_in function in GNU Cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large block value in a cpio archive.

[source]

cpio 2.11, when using the --no-absolute-filenames option, allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in an archive.

[source]

References

CVE Name	CVE-2014-9112
CVE Name	CVE-2015-1197
URL	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=658010
URL	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9112