Gentoo update for cpio - Advisories

Gentoo update for cpio

Secunia Advisory:	SA15751
Release Date:	2005-06-20

Critical:	Less critical
Impact:	Security Bypass Manipulation of data
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	Gentoo Linux 1.x


CVE reference:	CVE-2005-1111 (Secunia mirror)

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Description: Gentoo has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause files to be unpacked to arbitrary locations on a user's system. For more information: SA7745 This update also fixes a race condition when setting file permissions. Solution: Update to "app-arch/cpio-2.6-r3" or later. Original Advisory: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-16.xml Other References: SA7745: http://secunia.com/advisories/7745/



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