CVE-2010-0624

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2010-03-15

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Cpio (Gnu)
• Tar (Gnu)

References

• 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://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.agrs.tu-berlin.de/index.php?id=78327
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:065
• 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
• 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
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564368
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-3219