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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201502-11
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Severity: Normal
Title: GNU cpio: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: February 15, 2015
Bugs: #530512, #536010
ID: 201502-11

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Synopsis
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Two vulnerabilities have been found in GNU cpio, the worst of which
could result in execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-arch/cpio < 2.11-r3 >= 2.11-r3

Description
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Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in GNU cpio:

* The list_file function in GNU cpio contains a heap-based buffer
overflow vulnerability (CVE-2014-9112)
* A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in GNU cpio
(CVE-2015-1197)

Impact
======

A remote attacker may be able to entice a user to open a specially
crafted archive using GNU cpio, possibly resulting in execution of
arbitrary code, a Denial of Service condition, or overwriting arbitrary
files.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GNU cpio users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=app-arch/cpio-2.11-r3”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9112
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9112
[ 2 ] CVE-2015-1197
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2015-1197

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-11.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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