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

SciLinux: CVE-2005-4268 SL4 cpio i386/x86_64

Low: cpio security and bug fix update

Summary

Date:         Wed, 9 May 2007 15:10:27 -0500Reply-To:     Connie Sieh Sender:       Security Errata for Scientific Linux              From:         Connie Sieh Subject:      Security ERRATA for SL4 cpio on i386/x86_64Comments: To: scientific Synopsis:          Low: cpio security and bug fix updateIssue date:        2007-05-01CVE Names:         CVE-2005-4268A buffer overflow was found in cpio on 64-bit platforms. By tricking auser into adding a specially crafted large file to a cpio archive, a localattacker may be able to exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code withthe target user's privileges. (CVE-2005-4268)SRPMS: 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.src.rpmi386: 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.i386.rpmx86_64: 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm-Connie Sieh-Troy Dawson



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