CVE-2010-0624

Summary

CVECVE-2010-0624
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-15 13:28:25 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
564368 – (CVE-2010-0624) CVE-2010-0624 tar, cpio: Heap-based buffer overflow by expanding a specially-crafted archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
Fedora 12 Update: cpio-2.10-4.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:065 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-3219 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GNU Tar: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: cpio-2.10-5.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: cpio-2.9.90-8.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Fedora update for cpio - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Red Hat update for tar - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: tar-1.22-5.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
osvdb.org/62950 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
AG Rechnersicherheit: GNU tar/cpio af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.agrs.tu-berlin.de Exploit
USN-2456-1: GNU cpio vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: tar-1.22-12.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Juniper Networks - 2015-10 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple Vulnerabilities in CTPView af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
GNU Cpio "rmt" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
2015-07 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTPView - Juniper Networks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kb.juniper.net
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