CVE-2012-6088

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-255 Credentials Management

Publication date:

18/01/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The rpmpkgRead function in lib/package.c in RPM 4.10.x before 4.10.2 does not return an error code in certain situations involving an "unparseable signature," which allows remote attackers to bypass RPM signature checks via a crafted package.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.10.1:::::::*

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba%3Dcommitdiff%3Bh%3D3d74c43
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.10.2
http://secunia.com/advisories/51706
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57138
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1694-1
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796375
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80953
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba%3Dcommitdiff%3Bh%3D3d74c43
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.10.2
http://secunia.com/advisories/51706
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57138
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1694-1
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796375
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80953