USN-5064-2: GNU cpio vulnerability
Publication date
27 January 2022
Overview
GNU cpio could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- cpio - a tool to manage archives of files
Details
USN-5064-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GNU cpio. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled
certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
USN-5064-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GNU cpio. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled
certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 16.04 xenial | cpio – 2.11+dfsg-5ubuntu1.1+esm1 | ||
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