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TITLE:
Debian update for cpio

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29968

VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/29968/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
https://secunia.com/product/13844/
Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid
https://secunia.com/product/530/

DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

For more information:
SA27476

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

-- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch --

Source archives:

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6.orig.tar.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 556018 76b4145f33df088a5bade3bf4373d17d
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1.dsc
Size/MD5 checksum: 556 fdcfe9fa17130663f3fcb21aebb52924
https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1.diff.gz
Size/MD5 checksum: 92775 78d1098c15d92c0d5bfe6c5dcc4e5652

alpha architecture (DEC Alpha)

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_alpha.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 146740 167eeae5237940f15b9eea7b1f754b65

amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64))

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_amd64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 136734 f827f70099b66a518fbd3e6782e7909b

arm architecture (ARM)

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_arm.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 132108 b4ecfb2b81f84d1f82c268c0ccb0081d

hppa architecture (HP PA RISC)

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_hppa.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 143166 b7ca87731e442f3eaaf117113bfc941a

i386 architecture (Intel ia32)

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_i386.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 132096 c490f550663e524725544d389546e56f

ia64 architecture (Intel ia64)

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_ia64.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 171990 be7ca34414f4bfa4129379c9eea3473f

mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian))

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_mips.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 146084 f57b7e09e1705692427220cd1932ea1a

mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian))

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_mipsel.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 145348 2010baf76d3039417c6b6bca1eba1246

powerpc architecture (PowerPC)

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_powerpc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 138322 229edae58b3b4387dcfdcf8717932cb4

s390 architecture (IBM S/390)

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_s390.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 143878 60c6e036d5df8c67e74f301fa14b4e9f

sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC)

https://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cpio/cpio_2.6-18.1+etch1_sparc.deb
Size/MD5 checksum: 131248 63a51ec9ac633327f21d27c616d604ba

-- Debian GNU/Linux unstable alias sid --

Fixed in version 2.9-5.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1566

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA27476:
https://secunia.com/advisories/27476/

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