GNU cpio could be used to privilege escalation if it received a specially crafted input.
Thomas Habets discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to privilege escalation.
6 November 2019
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
GNU cpio could be used to privilege escalation if it received a specially crafted input.
Thomas Habets discovered that GNU cpio incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to privilege escalation.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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