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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2010-2197

Published: Jun 08, 2010 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2197
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

rpmbuild in RPM 4.8.0 and earlier does not properly parse the syntax of spec files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to remove home directories via vectors involving a ;~ (semicolon tilde) sequence in a Name tag.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RpmRpm1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
RpmRpm1.3 (including)1.3 (including)
RpmRpm1.3.1 (including)1.3.1 (including)
RpmRpm1.4 (including)1.4 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.2 (including)1.4.2 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.2/a (including)1.4.2/a (including)
RpmRpm1.4.3 (including)1.4.3 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.4 (including)1.4.4 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.5 (including)1.4.5 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.6 (including)1.4.6 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.7 (including)1.4.7 (including)
RpmRpm2..4.10 (including)2..4.10 (including)
RpmRpm2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.9 (including)2.0.9 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.10 (including)2.0.10 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.11 (including)2.0.11 (including)
RpmRpm2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.3.10 (including)2.2.3.10 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.3.11 (including)2.2.3.11 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.4 (including)2.2.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.5 (including)2.2.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.6 (including)2.2.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.7 (including)2.2.7 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.8 (including)2.2.8 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.9 (including)2.2.9 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.10 (including)2.2.10 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.11 (including)2.2.11 (including)
RpmRpm2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.4 (including)2.3.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.5 (including)2.3.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.6 (including)2.3.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.7 (including)2.3.7 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.8 (including)2.3.8 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.9 (including)2.3.9 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.1 (including)2.4.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.2 (including)2.4.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.3 (including)2.4.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.4 (including)2.4.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.5 (including)2.4.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.6 (including)2.4.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.8 (including)2.4.8 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.9 (including)2.4.9 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.11 (including)2.4.11 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.12 (including)2.4.12 (including)
RpmRpm2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.5 (including)2.5.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.6 (including)2.5.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.6.7 (including)2.6.7 (including)
RpmRpm3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.6 (including)3.0.6 (including)
RpmRpm4.0. (including)4.0. (including)
RpmRpm4.0.1 (including)4.0.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.0.2 (including)4.0.2 (including)
RpmRpm4.0.3 (including)4.0.3 (including)
RpmRpm4.0.4 (including)4.0.4 (including)
RpmRpm4.1 (including)4.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.3.3 (including)4.3.3 (including)
RpmRpm4.4.2 (including)4.4.2 (including)
RpmRpm4.4.2.1 (including)4.4.2.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.4.2.2 (including)4.4.2.2 (including)
RpmRpm4.4.2.3 (including)4.4.2.3 (including)
RpmUbuntudapper*
RpmUbuntuhardy*
RpmUbuntujaunty*
RpmUbuntukarmic*
RpmUbuntulucid*
RpmUbuntumaverick*
RpmUbuntuupstream*

References

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