CVE-2012-0061

Publication date 3 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
rpm	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4.9.1.1-1ubuntu0.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 4.9.0-7ubuntu0.1
	11.04 natty	Ignored end of life
	10.10 maverick	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 4.7.2-1lubuntu0.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
rpm	Upstream: http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b Upstream: http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6

CVE-2012-0061

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