| Description: |
The remote host is missing an update to cpio
announced via advisory USN-650-1.
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
Ubuntu 7.04
Ubuntu 7.10
This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of
Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.
Details follow:
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)
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
cpio 2.6-10ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 7.04:
cpio 2.6-17ubuntu0.7.04.1
Ubuntu 7.10:
cpio 2.8-1ubuntu2.2
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-650-1
Risk factor : High |
