CVE-2012-0061

CVE Details

Release Date:

2012-06-04

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2012-0061 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (rpm)	ELSA-2012-0451	2012-04-03
Oracle Linux version 5 (rpm)	ELSA-2012-0451	2012-04-03
Oracle Linux version 6 (rpm)	ELSA-2012-0451	2012-04-03
Oracle VM version 3.2 (rpm)	OVMSA-2016-0077	2016-06-20

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