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TITLE:
Gentoo update for cpio

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15751

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15751/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Manipulation of data

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause files to be
unpacked to arbitrary locations on a user's system.

For more information:
SA7745

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

SOLUTION:
Update to "app-arch/cpio-2.6-r3" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-16.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA7745:
http://secunia.com/advisories/7745/

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