FrSIRT - Sco Security Update Fixes Cpio Directory Traversal Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Sco Security Update Fixes Cpio Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Title : Sco Security Update Fixes Cpio Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-1463
CVE ID : CVE-2005-1111
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-19

Advisory Details

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Technical Description

has released a security patch to correct a vulnerability identified in Cpio. This flaw is due to a directory traversal error when processing specially crafted cpio archives, which may be exploited by attackers to create files in arbitrary locations on the user's system. For additional information, see : FrSIRT/ADV-2005-0812

ChangeLog

2005-08-19 : Initial release

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