TITLE:
Fedora update for cpio

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA18278

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18278/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Fedora Core 4
http://secunia.com/product/5251/

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

For more information:
SA18251

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Fedora Core 4:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/4/

ae24585b1946eea7c1bf5f736e44e211  SRPMS/cpio-2.6-9.FC4.src.rpm
c428e64ccfbb02a24ddbf10010f1bbfd  ppc/cpio-2.6-9.FC4.ppc.rpm
f575f9b92e98f0777054930ed774d80c 
ppc/debug/cpio-debuginfo-2.6-9.FC4.ppc.rpm
5ff5c08a835e9f15d3ac5005fdb42c2e  x86_64/cpio-2.6-9.FC4.x86_64.rpm
ca80d9fde44a10b6f4930fd09180f333 
x86_64/debug/cpio-debuginfo-2.6-9.FC4.x86_64.rpm
dffb08fa5d4a89c0ae741e7121ef8402  i386/cpio-2.6-9.FC4.i386.rpm
4e5d85b8eee3090c34f5f89b2b2cfc6c 
i386/debug/cpio-debuginfo-2.6-9.FC4.i386.rpm

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA18251:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18251/

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