cpio security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:0245

GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive.

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)

This erratum also addresses the following bugs:

• cpio did not set exit codes appropriately.

• cpio did not create a ram disk properly.

All users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported fixes to correct these issues.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-May/075863.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2007-May/088636.html

Affected packages:
cpio

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0245