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Subject:
Security ERRATA for SL4 cpio on i386/x86_64
From:
Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
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Connie Sieh <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 9 May 2007 15:10:27 -0500
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Synopsis:          Low: cpio security and bug fix update
Issue date:        2007-05-01
CVE Names:         CVE-2005-4268


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)


SRPMS:
 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.src.rpm

i386:
 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
 	cpio-2.5-13.RHEL4.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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