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  2. USN-5064-3

USN-5064-3: GNU cpio vulnerability

Publication date

3 August 2023

Overview

GNU cpio could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • cpio - a tool to manage archives of files

Details

USN-5064-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNU. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled
certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

USN-5064-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNU. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled
certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty cpio –  2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm2  

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