CVE-2012-0061

The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a package header.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.8 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2012-06-04

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Rpm (Rpm)

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
• http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
• http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
• http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48651
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48716
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49110
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/81010
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362