Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-650-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A buffer overflow was discovered in cpio. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted cpio archive, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly execute code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2007-4476)
Affected
cpio vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 7.04 ,
Ubuntu 7.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-4476 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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