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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0423
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0423)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'cpio' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0423 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'cpio' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0423 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
GNU cpio through 2.13 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a
crafted pattern file, because of a dstring.c ds_fgetstr integer overflow
that triggers an out-of-bounds heap write. (CVE-2021-38185).

Affected Software/OS:
'cpio' package(s) on Mageia 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-38185
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git/commit/?id=dd96882877721703e19272fe25034560b794061b
https://github.com/fangqyi/cpiopwn
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2021-08/msg00000.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-cpio/2021-08/msg00002.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00007.html
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