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Fedora update for cpio
Secunia Advisory: SA18278
Release Date: 2006-01-03
Popularity: 6,600 views

Critical:
Not critical
Impact: DoS
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Fedora Core 4

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-4268


Description:
Fedora has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

For more information:
SA18251

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

ae24585b1946eea7c1bf5f736e44e211 SRPMS/cpio-2.6-9.FC4.src.rpm
c428e64ccfbb02a24ddbf10010f1bbfd ppc/cpio-2.6-9.FC4.ppc.rpm
f575f9b92e98f0777054930ed774d80c ppc/debug/cpio-debuginfo-2.6-9.FC4.ppc.rpm
5ff5c08a835e9f15d3ac5005fdb42c2e x86_64/cpio-2.6-9.FC4.x86_64.rpm
ca80d9fde44a10b6f4930fd09180f333 x86_64/debug/cpio-debuginfo-2.6-9.FC4.x86_64.rpm
dffb08fa5d4a89c0ae741e7121ef8402 i386/cpio-2.6-9.FC4.i386.rpm
4e5d85b8eee3090c34f5f89b2b2cfc6c i386/debug/cpio-debuginfo-2.6-9.FC4.i386.rpm

Other References:
SA18251:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18251/


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