A cpio security update has been released for openSUSE Leap 15.1

openSUSE Security Update: Security update for cpio
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:2596-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1155199
Cross-References: CVE-2019-14866
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description:

This update for cpio fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2019-14866: Fixed an improper validation of the values written in
the header of a TAR file through the to_oct() function which could have
led to unexpected TAR generation (bsc#1155199).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-2596=1


Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):

cpio-2.12-lp151.3.3.1
cpio-debuginfo-2.12-lp151.3.3.1
cpio-debugsource-2.12-lp151.3.3.1
cpio-mt-2.12-lp151.3.3.1
cpio-mt-debuginfo-2.12-lp151.3.3.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (noarch):

cpio-lang-2.12-lp151.3.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14866.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1155199