Gentoo: 200711-18 Normal: Cpio Buffer Overflow Denial of Service
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November 14, 2007
GNU cpio contains a buffer overflow vulnerability, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200711-18
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Cpio: Buffer overflow
Date: November 14, 2007
Bugs: #196978
ID: 200711-18
Synopsis
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GNU cpio contains a buffer overflow vulnerability, possibly resulting
in a Denial of Service.
Background
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GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive.
Affected packages
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1 app-arch/cpio < 2.9-r1 >= 2.9-r1
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A buffer overflow vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix() function in
GNU cpio has been discovered.
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to op...Read the Full Advisory
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