Debian DSA-3111-1 : cpio - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80284

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the cpio packages.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80284

File Name: debian_DSA-3111.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/30/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cpio, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9112

BID: 71248

DSA: 3111

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