Debian: DSA-3483-1 Severe Out-Of-Bounds Denial Of Service For Cpio
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February 19, 2016
Gustavo Grieco discovered an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in cpio, a tool for creating and extracting cpio archive files, leading to a denial of service (application crash)
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Summary
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.11+dfsg-0.1+deb7u2.
For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.11+dfsg-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your cpio packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: cpio
CVE ID: CVE-2016-2037
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