Secunia Security Advisory – Debian 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/40549/sa17123.txt
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/40549/Secunia-Security-Advisory-17123.html