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.
CVE-2010-0624 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from gnu, from gnu organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2010-03-15T13:28:25.777
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | gnu | cpio | ≤ 2.10 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 1.0 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 1.1 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 1.2 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 1.3 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 2.4-2 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 2.5 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 2.5.90 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 2.6 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 2.7 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 2.8 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | cpio | 2.9 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | ≤ 1.22 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13.5 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13.11 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13.14 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13.16 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13.17 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13.18 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13.19 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.13.25 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.14 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.14.1 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.14.90 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.15 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.15.1 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.15.90 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.15.91 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.16 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.16.1 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.17 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.18 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.19 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.20 | Yes |
| Application | gnu | tar | 1.21 | Yes |
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