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CVE-2006-5466

Heap-based buffer overflow in the showQueryPackage function in librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8, when the LANG enviro

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 EPSS 0.01661
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Affected Products & Versions

2
rpm package managerall versions
ubuntu linuxall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocsecunia.com · 22740secunia.com
pocbugzilla.redhat.com · show_bug.cgi?id=212833bugzilla.redhat.com
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Scoring & Timeline

5.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Published to NVD06 Nov 2006 · 05:07 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-378-1
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/22745PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22768
http://secunia.com/advisories/22854
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017160
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:200
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