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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 [More...]
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
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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
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