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CVE-2012-0061

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
04/06/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.9.1.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2\/a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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