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Out-of-Bounds Affecting tar package, versions <1.23-1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.4% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN12-TAR-1560332
  • published 15 Mar 2010
  • disclosed 15 Mar 2010
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Introduced: 15 Mar 2010

CVE-2010-0624 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 tar to version 1.23-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tar package and not the tar package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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CVSS Scores

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NVD

6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low