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CVE-2006-5466 Detail

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.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Evaluator Solution

Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code, but requires that certain locales are set (e.g. ru_RU.UTF-8). There are patches available for each affected Ubuntu product.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213515 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017160
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1 Patch 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4350
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833 Exploit 

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-5466
NVD Published Date:
11/06/2006
NVD Last Modified:
03/07/2011
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.