An updated cpio package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running cpio.
(CVE-2010-0624)

Red Hat would like to thank Jakob Lell for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-0624 issue.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user expanded a specially crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash. (CVE-2007-4476)

Users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.

A buffer overflow in GNU tar has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a crashing stack.

Updated packages fix this issue.

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2010-0144 advisory.

    - CVE-2010-0624 fix heap-based buffer overflow by expanding       a specially-crafted archive

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

This update fixes a bug in function safer_name_suffix() of cpio which leads to a crashing stack. Exploitability is unknown. (CVE-2007-4476)

- Wed Oct 24 2007 Radek Brich <rbrich at redhat.com>     2:1.15.1-28

    - backported upstream patch for CVE-2007-4476 (tar stack       crashing in safer_name_suffix)

  - Tue Aug 28 2007 Radek Brich <rbrich at redhat.com>     2:1.15.1-27

    - fixed CVE-2007-4131 tar directory traversal       vulnerability (#253684)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

- Fri Nov 2 2007 Radek Brich <rbrich at redhat.com> 2.6-28

    - patch for CVE-2007-4476 (stack crashing in       safer_name_suffix)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

a. Service Console update for cpio

   The service console package cpio is updated to version 2.5-6.RHEL3    for ESX 3.x versions and updated to version 2.6-23.el5_4.1 for    ESX 4.x versions.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2005-4268 and CVE-2010-0624 to the issues    addressed in the update for ESX 3.x and the names CVE-2007-4476 and    CVE-2010-0624 to the issues addressed in the update for ESX 4.x.

b. Service Console update for tar

   The service console package tar is updated to version    1.13.25-16.RHEL3 for ESX 3.x versions and updated to version    1.15.1-23.0.1.el5_4.2 for ESX 4.x versions.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2010-0624 to the issue addressed in the    update for ESX 3.x and the names CVE-2007-4476 and CVE-2010-0624    to the issues addressed in the update for ESX 4.x.

c. Service Console update for samba

   The service console packages for samba are updated to version    samba-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw, samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw and    samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.17vmw.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2010-2063 to the issue addressed in this    update.

   Note :
   The issue mentioned above is present in the Samba server (smbd) and    is not present in the Samba client or Samba common packages.

   To determine if your system has Samba server installed do a    'rpm -q samba`.

   The following lists when the Samba server is installed on the ESX    service console :

   - ESX 4.0, ESX 4.1      The Samba server is not present on ESX 4.0 and ESX 4.1.

   - ESX 3.5      The Samba server is present if an earlier patch for Samba has been      installed.

   - ESX 3.0.3      The Samba server is present if ESX 3.0.3 was upgraded from an      earlier version of ESX 3 and a Samba patch was installed on that      version.

   The Samba server is not needed to operate the service console and    can be be disabled without loss of functionality to the service    console.

d. Service Console update for krb5

   The service console package krb5 is updated to version 1.2.7-72    for ESX 3.x versions and to version 1.6.1-36.el5_5.4 for ESX 4.x    versions.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the name CVE-2010-1321 to the issue addressed in    these updates.

e. Service Console update for perl

   The service console package perl is updated to version    5.8.0-101.EL3 for ESX 3.x versions and version 5.8.8-32.el5_5.1    for ESX 4.x versions.

   The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)    has assigned the names CVE-2010-1168 and CVE-2010-1447 to the issues    addressed in the update for ESX 3.x and the names CVE-2008-5302,    CVE-2008-5303, CVE-2010-1168, and CVE-2010-1447 to the issues    addressed in the update for ESX 4.x.

The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, including remote code execution vulnerabilities, in several third-party components and libraries :

  - GNU cpio
  - GNU cpio on 64-bit
  - GNU tar
  - Kerberos 5
  - Perl
  - PostgreSQL
  - Safe Module for Perl Automagic Methods
  - Samba smbd

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
46267	RHEL 5 : cpio (RHSA-2010:0144)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2010	1/14/2021	high
27070	Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : tar (MDKSA-2007:197)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	10/17/2007	1/6/2021	high
68011	Oracle Linux 5 : cpio (ELSA-2010-0144)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	7/12/2013	4/29/2025	critical
29406	SuSE 10 Security Update : cpio (ZYPP Patch Number 4184)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/13/2007	1/14/2021	high
27789	Fedora 7 : tar-1.15.1-28.fc7 (2007-2673)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/6/2007	1/11/2021	high
27801	Fedora 7 : cpio-2.6-28.fc7 (2007-2744)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/6/2007	1/11/2021	high
36256	Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 : cpio vulnerability (USN-650-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	4/23/2009	1/19/2021	high
49085	VMSA-2010-0013 : VMware ESX third-party updates for Service Console	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	9/2/2010	1/6/2021	high
89741	VMware ESX Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2010-0013) (remote check)	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	3/8/2016	1/6/2021	high

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