Secunia Security Advisory – Mandriva has issued an update for cpio. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause files to be unpacked to arbitrary locations on a user’s system.
You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/38611/sa16019.txt
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/38611/Secunia-Security-Advisory-16019.html