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CentOS 3 : cpio (CESA-2010:0145)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 45090

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated cpio package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

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

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running cpio.
(CVE-2010-0624)

Red Hat would like to thank Jakob Lell for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-0624 issue.

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded large archive files. If a user expanded a specially crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash. This issue only affected 64-bit platforms. (CVE-2005-4268)

Users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected cpio package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?efe6b391

http://www.nessus.org/u?2da1f3ba

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 45090

File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0145.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/19/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:cpio, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4268, CVE-2010-0624

BID: 16057

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2010:0145