62857 : GNU cpio rmt Client lib/rtapelib.c rmt_read__ Function Remote Overflow
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Timeline

Vendor Informed Date	Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2010-02-12	2010-03-10	2010-03-11

Time to Patch
27 days

Description

GNU cpio is prone to an overflow condition. The program fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input resulting in a heap overflow. With a specially crafted response or file, a remote attacker can potentially cause arbitrary code execution.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.11 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. Users are advised not to connect to untrusted rmt servers before upgrading.

Products

GNU	cpio	2.11
GNU	Tar	1.23

References

CVE ID: 2010-0624 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 38628
Secunia Advisory ID: 38869 38923 38936 38986 38987 38988 38989 39008 39771 40511 41196 41262 46928
Related OSVDB ID: 62950
Other Advisory URL: http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0624_heap_based
http://www.agrs.tu-berlin.de/index.php?id=78327
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036668.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/037395.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000103.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201111-11.xml
http://www.gnu.org/software/cpio/#TOCreleases
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=564368
RedHat RHSA: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0141.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0142.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0143.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0145.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0144.html

Credit

Jakob Lell - AGRS

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-03-15 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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