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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2010-0655)
- Published
- March 15, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0655 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / cpio
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
- gnu / tar
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(Exploit)
- 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(Patch)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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