USN-1695-1: RPM vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 11.10
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• rpm - package manager for RPM

Details

It was discovered that RPM incorrectly handled certain package headers. If
a user or automated system were tricked into installing a specially crafted
RPM package, an attacker could cause RPM to crash, resulting in a denial of
service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04

• rpm - 4.9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 11.10

• rpm - 4.9.0-7ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• rpm - 4.7.2-1lubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2011-3378
• CVE-2012-0060
• CVE-2012-0061
• CVE-2012-0815