PT-2014-2081 · Gnu+1 · Cpio+1

Published 2014-02-06 · Updated 2025-06-09 · CVE-2010-4226

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions cpio versions 2007.05.10 through 2010.07.28

Description The issue allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

Recommendations For versions 2007.05.10 through 2010.07.28, consider restricting access to RPM package archives to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-4226

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_3259-1

SUSE-SU-2017:3253-1

SUSE-SU-2017_3253-1

Affected Products

Suse

Cpio

References · 22

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4226 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:3253-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4226.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665768 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125097 · Telegram Post
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14804 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1061500 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1059858 · Note
• http://lists.suse.com/mailman/listinfo/sle-security-updates · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/938556 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/665768 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1069904 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4226 · Note