CVE-2010-0624

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    CVE-2010-0624

    Published: 15 Mar 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/38869, http://secunia.com/advisories/38988, http://secunia.com/advisories/39008, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201111-11.xml, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:065, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2456-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0628, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0629, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0639, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0687, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0728, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0729, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107, http://www.agrs.tu-berlin.de/index.php?id=78327, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564368, http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691, http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036668.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037395.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037401.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038134.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/038149.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html, http://osvdb.org/62950, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0142.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514503/100/0/threaded, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-3219, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10277, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6907

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High