CVE-2012-0061

rpm < 4.9.1.3 - Denial of Service via Malicious Package Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48716
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/81010
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/48651
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/49110
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362

Scores

EPSS 0.0438
EPSS Percentile 90.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (50)
rpm/rpm 1.2
rpm/rpm 1.3
rpm/rpm 1.3.1
rpm/rpm 1.4
rpm/rpm 1.4.1
rpm/rpm 1.4.2
rpm/rpm 1.4.2\/a
rpm/rpm 1.4.3
rpm/rpm 1.4.4
rpm/rpm 1.4.5
... and 40 more
Published Jun 04, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026