CVE-2012-0061

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The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.04947

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation

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Affected Products & Versions

rpm<= 4.9.1.2

rpmall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

6.8

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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD04 Jun 2012 · 08:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-1695-1
rhsaRHSA-2012:0451Important
rhsaRHSA-2012:0531Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

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http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git

http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3

http://secunia.com/advisories/48651Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48716Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/49110Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.osvdb.org/81010

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=798585

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362

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