The Mandriva Security Team published a new security update: MDKSA-2005:237 - Updated cpio packages fix buffer overflow on x86_64 for Mandriva Linux. Here the announcement:

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2005:237
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : cpio
Date : December 23, 2005
Affected: 10.2, 2006.0
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Problem Description:

A buffer overflow in cpio 2.6 on 64-bit platforms could allow a local
user to create a DoS (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code when
creating a cpio archive with a file whose size is represented by more
than 8 digits.

The updated packages have been patched to correct these problems.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4268
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Linux 10.2:
b0400cb8878a93cc4e4d4326a0a46641 10.2/RPMS/cpio-2.6-3.3.102mdk.i586.rpm
ad70b46181e5a9ae2ca7ed97bb2c3853 10.2/SRPMS/cpio-2.6-3.3.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 10.2/X86_64:
0a7ca9d0d1de932219a76dcee4195ff8 x86_64/10.2/RPMS/cpio-2.6-3.3.102mdk.x86_64.rpm
ad70b46181e5a9ae2ca7ed97bb2c3853 x86_64/10.2/SRPMS/cpio-2.6-3.3.102mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
571d79d56efac2687713e63180f10049 2006.0/RPMS/cpio-2.6-5.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
998e92b468e495d779efd10daacae3ad 2006.0/SRPMS/cpio-2.6-5.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
0bd4e5c9d85826c706232e21d3393317 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/cpio-2.6-5.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
998e92b468e495d779efd10daacae3ad x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/cpio-2.6-5.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
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You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

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security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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