Title : Gentoo Security Update Fixes cpio "safer_name_suffix()" Buffer Overflow VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3872 CVE ID : CVE-2007-4476
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-11-16
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Gentoo, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. This issue is caused by an error in cpio. For additional information, see : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3511
