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Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 : cpio vulnerability (USN-650-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 36256
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
A buffer overflow was discovered in cpio. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted cpio archive, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2007-4476).Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected cpio package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36256
File Name: ubuntu_USN-650-1.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:cpio, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4476