MGASA-2021-0423

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    MGASA-2021-0423

    Published: 23 Sept 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-38185

    Summary: Updated cpio packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: GNU cpio through 2.13 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pattern file, because of a dstring.c ds_fgetstr integer overflow that triggers an out-of-bounds heap write. (CVE-2021-38185).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0423.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29366, https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-August/009282.html, https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/XORUFH2I27QQWZXGSRUKWLXW5NX5KLXA/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5064-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cpio

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/cpio?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.13-5.1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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