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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703483
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3483-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cpio' package(s) announced via the DSA-3483-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cpio' package(s) announced via the DSA-3483-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Gustavo Grieco discovered an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in cpio, a tool for creating and extracting cpio archive files, leading to a denial of service (application crash).

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11+dfsg-0.1+deb7u2.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11+dfsg-4.1+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.11+dfsg-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your cpio packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'cpio' package(s) on Debian 7, Debian 8.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-2037
BugTraq ID: 82293
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82293
Debian Security Information: DSA-3483 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3483
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/19/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/4
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035067
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2906-1
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