USN-5064-1 fixed a vulnerability in GNU. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Maverick Chung and Qiaoyi Fang discovered that cpio incorrectly handled certain pattern files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause cpio to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
{
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "cpio",
"binary_version": "2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm2"
}
]
}
{
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2021-38185",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}