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FreeBSD update for cpio
Secunia Advisory: SA18395
Release Date: 2006-01-11
Popularity: 5,782 views

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

OS:FreeBSD 4.x
FreeBSD 5.x
FreeBSD 6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-1111
CVE-2005-1229
CVE-2005-4268


Description:
FreeBSD 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) and by malicious people to cause files to be unpacked to arbitrary locations on a user's system.

For more information:
SA7745
SA18251

This update also fixes a race condition when setting file permissions.

Solution:
Update FreeBSD or apply patch.

Fixed versions:
2006-01-11 08:02:16 UTC (RELENG_6, 6.0-STABLE)
2006-01-11 08:03:18 UTC (RELENG_6_0, 6.0-RELEASE-p2)
2006-01-11 08:03:55 UTC (RELENG_5, 5.4-STABLE)
2006-01-11 08:04:33 UTC (RELENG_5_4, 5.4-RELEASE-p9)
2006-01-11 08:05:54 UTC (RELENG_5_3, 5.3-RELEASE-p24)
2006-01-11 08:06:47 UTC (RELENG_4, 4.11-STABLE)
2006-01-11 08:07:18 UTC (RELENG_4_11, 4.11-RELEASE-p14)
2006-01-11 08:08:08 UTC (RELENG_4_10, 4.10-RELEASE-p20)

Patch for FreeBSD 4.10, 4.11, 5.3, 5.4, and 6.0:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/patches/SA-06:03/cpio.patch

Original Advisory:
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:03.cpio.asc

Other References:
SA7745:
http://secunia.com/advisories/7745/

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


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