---------------------------------------------------------------------- Use WSUS to deploy 3rd party patches Public BETA http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_3rd_third_party_patching/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: GNU Cpio "rmt" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA38869 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/38869/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in GNU Cpio, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the client implementation for the "rmt" (remote magtape) protocol, which can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code, but requires that a user is tricked into connecting to a malicious "rmt" server. SOLUTION: Update to version 2.11. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Jakob Lell, TU Berlin computer security working group (AGRS) ORIGINAL ADVISORY: GNU: http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/#TOCreleases Jakob Lell: http://www.agrs.tu-berlin.de/index.php?id=78327 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------