CentOS Update for cpio CESA-2010:0144 centos5 i386

Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
GNU cpio copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user were tricked into expanding a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running cpio. (CVE-2010-0624) Red Hat would like to thank Jakob Lell for responsibly reporting the CVE-2010-0624 issue. A denial of service flaw was found in the way cpio expanded archive files. If a user expanded a specially-crafted archive, it could cause the cpio executable to crash. (CVE-2007-4476) Users of cpio are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues.
Affected
cpio on CentOS 5
References