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Ubuntu: 5064-1 Moderate: cpio Service Disruption and Remote Code Flaw

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Calendar Grey September 8, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Alert USN-5065-1 highlights the cpio flaw impacting several versions. Ensure you update your systems immediately.
GNU cpio could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu cpio vulnerability

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: cpio 2.13+dfsg-4ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: cpio 2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: cpio 2.12+dfsg-6ubuntu0.18.04.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5064-1

CVE-2021-38185

September 08, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu cpio vulnerability

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cpio/2.13+dfsg-4ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cpio/2.13+dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cpio/2.12+dfsg-6ubuntu0.18.04.4

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