{"id":"USN-5064-3","summary":"cpio vulnerability","details":"USN-5064-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNU. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled\n certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio\n to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\n code.\n","modified":"2026-06-29T13:49:31.121376504Z","published":"2023-08-03T13:30:12Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38185"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-38185","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-38185"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5064-3"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-38185"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cpio","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/cpio?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm2"}]}],"versions":["2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1","2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1","2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2","2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm2","binary_name":"cpio"}],"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2021-38185"}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-5064-3.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}