Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GNU cpio vulnerabilities (USN-2456-1)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-2456-1 advisory. Michal Zalewski discovered an out of bounds write issue in the processcopyin function of GNU cpio. An attacker could specially craft a cpio archive that...

Oracle Linux 4 : cpio (ELSA-2010-0143)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2010:0143 : An updated cpio package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar...

RHEL 3 : tar (RHSA-2010:0142)

An updated tar package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The GNU tar program saves many files together in one archive and can restore individual files ...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: cpio security update

An updated cpio package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw...