Vulnerability CVE-2010-0624
Published: 2010-03-15   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
GNU -> CPIO 
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://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
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
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