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5. By Jamie Strandboge on 2008-09-29

* SECURITY UPDATE: Buffer overflow in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU
  cpio has unspecified attack vectors and impact, resulting in a "crashing
  stack."
* src/copyin.c: patch copyin.c to correct an allocation weakness in
  safer_name_suffix() which could lead to a crash. Thanks to Stephan Hermann
* References:
  CVE-2007-4476
  LP: #161173

4. By Clint Adams on 2005-12-20

Fix potential buffer overflow on 64-bit architectures.
[CVE-2005-4268]. closes: #344134.

3. By Clint Adams on 2005-10-30

configure.ac, src/extern.h, src/global.c: actually fix
the error with checksums on 64-bit platforms.

2. By Roland Mas <email address hidden> on 2003-08-23

* Non-maintainer upload according to the release manager's plan.
* Fix LSB 1.3 non-compliance (Closes: Bug#184887).

1. By Roland Mas <email address hidden> on 2003-08-23

Import upstream version 2.5