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CVE-2010-0624 Detail

Description

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.


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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2010-0624
NVD Published Date:
03/15/2010
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE