CVE-2012-0815

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-06-04
Impact:	None	What is this?

Description

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
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