Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200711-18 (cpio)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200711-18. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-200711-18 : Cpio: Buffer overflow

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200711-18 Cpio: Buffer overflow A buffer overflow vulnerability in the safernamesuffix function in GNU cpio has been discovered. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted archive file resulting in ...