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HistoryAug 03, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

GNU cpio vulnerability

2023-08-0300:00:00
ubuntu.com
28
gnu
cpio
ubuntu 14.04 lts
pattern files
denial of service
execute
arbitrary code
vulnerability

8.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.003 Low

EPSS

Percentile

64.8%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

  • cpio - a tool to manage archives of files

Details

USN-5064-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNU. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled
certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu14.04noarchcpio< 2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm2UNKNOWN
Ubuntu14.04noarchcpio< 2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2UNKNOWN