Secunia Security Advisory - Fedora has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
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TITLE:
Fedora update for cpio
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA38988
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38988/
DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise
a vulnerable system.
For more information:
SA38869
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update cpio").
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-2895:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036668.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA38869:
http://secunia.com/advisories/38869/
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