{"id":"USN-2456-1","summary":"cpio vulnerabilities","details":"Michal Zalewski discovered an out of bounds write issue in the\nprocess_copy_in function of GNU cpio. An attacker could specially\ncraft a cpio archive that could create a denial of service or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-9112)\n\nJakob Lell discovered a heap-based buffer overflow in the rmt_read__\nfunction of GNU cpio's rmt client functionality. An attacker\ncontrolling a remote rmt server could use this to cause a denial of\nservice or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 10.04 LTS. (CVE-2010-0624)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:51Z","published":"2015-01-08T19:40:54Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9112"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9112","UBUNTU-CVE-2010-0624","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9112"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2456-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-0624"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9112"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cpio","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cpio@2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"cpio","binary_version":"2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-9112","severity":[{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2456-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}