Synopsis:	Moderate: cpio security update
Issue date:	2010-03-15
CVE Names:	CVE-2005-4268 CVE-2007-4476 CVE-2010-0624

CVE-2005-4268 cpio large filesize buffer overflow
CVE-2007-4476 tar/cpio stack crashing in safer_name_suffix
CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a 
specially-crafted archive

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded
archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially-crafted
archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash or execute 
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running cpio. (CVE-2010-0624)

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded 
large archive files. If a user expanded a specially-crafted archive, it 
could cause the cpio executable to crash. This issue only affected 
64-bit platforms. (CVE-2005-4268) - SL3 Only

A denial of service flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive 
files. If a user expanded a specially-crafted archive, it could cause 
the cpio executable to crash. (CVE-2007-4476) - SL5 Only

SL 3.0.x

       SRPMS:
cpio-2.5-6.RHEL3.src.rpm
       i386:
cpio-2.5-6.RHEL3.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
cpio-2.5-6.RHEL3.x86_64.rpm

SL 4.x

       SRPMS:
cpio-2.5-16.el4_8.1.src.rpm
       i386:
cpio-2.5-16.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
cpio-2.5-16.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

       SRPMS:
cpio-2.6-23.el5_4.1.src.rpm
       i386:
cpio-2.6-23.el5_4.1.i386.rpm
       x86_64:
cpio-2.6-23.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson