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Red Hat update for cpio
Secunia Advisory: SA14357
Release Date: 2005-02-21
Popularity: 8,850 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Manipulation of data
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose and manipulate information.

The problem is that output files are created with insecure permissions, which makes it possible for other users to read and manipulate the contents.

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