Debian Security Advisory 1566-1 – Dmitry Levin discovered a vulnerability in path handling code used by the cpio archive utility. The weakness could enable a denial of service (crash) or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if a vulnerable version of cpio is used to extract or to list the contents of a maliciously crafted archive.
You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/65975/dsa-1566-1.txt
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