Package : cpio Vulnerability : broken file permissions Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-1999-1572
It has been discovered, that cpio, a program to manage archives of files, creates output files with -O and -F with broken permissions due to a reset zero umask which allows local users to read or overwrite those files.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-39woody1
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your cpio package.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------