CVE-2006-5466

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

06/11/2006

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the showQueryPackage function in librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8, when the LANG environment variable is set to ru_RU.UTF-8, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

5.40

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:package_manager:4.4.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10::i386:::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2006-5466

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools