TITLE:
Red Hat update for cpio

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17532

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17532/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Manipulation of data, Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/
RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for Itanium
http://secunia.com/product/1326/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by by malicious, local users to disclose and
manipulate information.

The problem is that output files are created with insecure
permissions, which makes it possible for other users to read and
manipulate the contents.

This update also fixes a race condition when setting file
permissions.

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com/

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-806.html

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