ALSA-2022:1991

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    ALSA-2022:1991

    Published: 10 May 2022Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: cpio security update

    Details: The cpio packages provide the GNU cpio utility for creating and extracting archives, or copying files from one place to another. Security Fix(es): * cpio: integer overflow in ds_fgetstr() in dstring.c can lead to an out-of-bounds write via a crafted pattern file (CVE-2021-38185) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-1991.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-38185

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cpio

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/cpio

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.12-11.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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