CVE-2010-0624

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0624
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-15 13:28:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-10 19:53:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the rmt_read__ function in lib/rtapelib.c in the rmt client functionality in GNU tar before 1.23 and GNU cpio before 2.11 allows remote rmt servers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code by sending more data than was requested, related to archive filenames that contain a : (colon) character.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Cpio 1.0 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 1.1 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.4-2 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.5 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.5.90 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.6 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.7 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.8 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.9 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 1.0 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 1.1 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.4-2 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.5 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.5.90 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.6 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.7 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.8 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio 2.9 All All All
Application Gnu Cpio All All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.11 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.14 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.16 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.17 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.18 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.19 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.25 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.5 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14.90 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.90 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.91 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.16.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.17 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.18 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.19 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.20 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.21 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.11 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.14 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.16 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.17 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.18 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.19 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.25 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.13.5 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.14.90 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.90 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.15.91 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.16 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.16.1 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.17 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.18 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.19 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.20 All All All
Application Gnu Tar 1.21 All All All
Application Gnu Tar All All All All

References

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Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:065 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
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[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: tar-1.22-5.fc11 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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GNU Cpio "rmt" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
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[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: cpio-2.10-5.fc12 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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564368 – (CVE-2010-0624) CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially-crafted archive CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
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