- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 664-1                     security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
February 2nd, 2005                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : cpio
Vulnerability  : broken file permissions
Problem-Type   : local
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-1999-1572

It has been discovered, that cpio, a program to manage archives of
files, creates output files with -O and -F with broken permissions due
to a reset zero umask which allows local users to read or overwrite
those files.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.2-39woody1

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your cpio package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      549 45ee6d04cffc59c6e0d125ab269d8672
          Size/MD5 checksum:    22965 a5db2ad1ec00b2825bbdf4f0acaf8a84
          Size/MD5 checksum:   181728 3e976db71229d52a8a135540698052df

  Alpha architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    73064 029c7d1de8bff5d6f63c7702455c0e17

  ARM architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    63746 05f2cee18a28822b4fbe0d54f2b0efcf

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    61382 2011b7b05347a22780fe5a2d2da77923

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    84938 173755073bd59fee905debce08456824

  HP Precision architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    69512 e950b2aa1f51a0f9412c319888882496

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    59714 c6c591c1839c464fb0cb2294d1758875

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    69094 8aee70b66943403293252649d4879134

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    68806 9e761f1fe3d156c5c557d3a28d51ab37

  PowerPC architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    64084 f0fa8bf78610ed20b6135b4c7c04436c

  IBM S/390 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    63866 ba0b403eaee5bcd05d8d0cbf3c48cfcb

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    65818 f5e0c10d8e46321e8c584454402512c5


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New cpio packages fix insecure file permissions

February 2, 2005

Summary


For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your cpio package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody

Size/MD5 checksum: 549 45ee6d04cffc59c6e0d125ab269d8672
Size/MD5 checksum: 22965 a5db2ad1ec00b2825bbdf4f0acaf8a84
Size/MD5 checksum: 181728 3e976db71229d52a8a135540698052df

Alpha architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 73064 029c7d1de8bff5d6f63c7702455c0e17

ARM architecture:

Size/MD5 checksum: 63746 05f2cee18a28822...

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