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Scientific Linux: 2007-05-01 Low Severity cpio Buffer Overflow Exploit

Calendar May 09, 2007 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory buffer overflow local exploit low severity cpio update Scientific Linux
Low: cpio security and bug fix update 
Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 15:10:27 -0500
Reply-To: Connie Sieh 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Connie Sieh 
Subject: Security ERRATA for SL4 cpio on i386/x86_64
Comments: To: scientific 

Synopsis: Low: cpio security and bug fix update
Issue date: 2007-05-01
CVE Names: CVE-2005-4268

A buffer overflow was found in cpio on 64-bit platforms. By tricking a
user into adding a specially crafted large file to a cpio archive, a local
attacker may be able to exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code with
the target user's privileges. (CVE-2005-4268)

SRPMS:
 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.src.rpm

i386:
 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson