Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-065 – Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_copy_in function in GNU Cpio 2.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large block value in a cpio archive. Additionally, a null pointer dereference in the copyin_link function which could cause a denial of service has also been fixed. In GNU Cpio 2.11, the –no-absolute-filenames option limits extracting contents of an archive to be strictly inside a current directory. However, it can be bypassed with symlinks. While extracting an archive, it will extract symlinks and then follow them if they are referenced in further entries. This can be exploited by a rogue archive to write files outside the current directory.