High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Feb 6, 2014· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2010-4226

Description

cpio, as used in build 2007.05.10, 2010.07.28, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink within an RPM package archive.

Affected products

GNU/Cpio
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cpio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OpenSUSE/openSUSE2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:2007.05.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:2007.05.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:2010.07.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4226.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.htmlnvd
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00008.htmlnvd

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