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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703111
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3111-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cpio' package(s) announced via the DSA-3111-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cpio' package(s) announced via the DSA-3111-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Michal Zalewski discovered an out of bounds write issue in cpio, a tool for creating and extracting cpio archive files. In the process of fixing that issue, the cpio developers found and fixed additional range checking and null pointer dereference issues.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11+dfsg-0.1+deb7u1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11+dfsg-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your cpio packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'cpio' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9112
BugTraq ID: 71248
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71248
Debian Security Information: DSA-3111 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3111
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/74
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?43709
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/23/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/25/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/26/20
http://secunia.com/advisories/60167
http://secunia.com/advisories/62145
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2456-1
XForce ISS Database: linux-kernel-lesspipe-code-exec(98918)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98918
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