CVE-2012-0815

Publication date 3 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative value in a region offset of a package header, which is not properly handled in a numeric range comparison.

Status

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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=6fc6b45bf9fef0f17a2900c6c5198bda5e50d09e

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1695-1
RPM vulnerabilities
17 January 2013

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0815