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CVE-2012-0060 Detail

Description

RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid region tag in a package header to the (1) headerLoad, (2) rpmReadSignature, or (3) headerVerify function.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e4eab2bc6d07cfd33f740071de7ddbb2fe2f4190
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f23998251992b8ae25faf5113c42fee2c49c7f29
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744858
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74582
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-0060
NVD Published Date:
06/04/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.