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Gentoo update for cpio
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27681
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Release Date:
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2007-11-15
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Popularity:
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3,176 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Gentoo Linux 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-4476
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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 a DoS (Denial of Service).
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing specially crafted tar archives and can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow and crash the vulnerable application.
Solution:
Update to "app-arch/cpio-2.9-r1" or later.
Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-18.xml
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