USN-5064-2

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    USN-5064-2

    Published: 27 Jan 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: cpio vulnerability

    Details: USN-5064-1 fixed vulnerabilities in GNU cpio. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. Original advisory details: Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5064-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38185

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cpio

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/cpio?arch=source&distro=esm-infra%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.11+dfsg-5ubuntu1.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    2.11+dfsg-4.1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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