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TITLE:
rPath update for cpio and tar

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27331

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27331/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
rPath Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/10614/

DESCRIPTION:
rPath has issued an update for cpio and tar. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing specially
crafted tar archives and can be exploited to cause a stack-based
buffer overflow and crash the vulnerable application.

SOLUTION:
Update to:
cpio=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/2.6-14.1-1
tar=conary.rpath.com@rpl:1/1.15.1-7.3-1

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2007-October/000268.html

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