[ubuntu/trusty-updates] cpio 2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2 (Accepted)

Ubuntu Archive Robot cjwatson+ubuntu-archive-robot at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Mon Feb 22 18:58:15 UTC 2016


cpio (2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2) trusty-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: file overwrite via symlink attack
    - debian/patches/CVE-2015-1197.patch: don't write files over symlinks
      unless --extract-over-symlinks is used in doc/cpio.1, src/copyin.c,
      src/extern.h, src/global.c, src/main.c.
    - CVE-2015-1197
  * SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds write
    - debian/patches/CVE-2016-2037.patch: make sure there is at least two
      bytes available in src/copyin.c, added comment to src/util.c.
    - CVE-2016-2037
  * debian/patches/fix-symlink-test.patch: fix date-sensitive test.

Date: 2016-02-18 16:07:28.373378+00:00
Changed-By: Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers at canonical.com>
Signed-By: Ubuntu Archive Robot <cjwatson+ubuntu-archive-robot at chiark.greenend.org.uk>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cpio/2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2
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