CVE-2010-0624

CVE-2010-0624 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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