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RPM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA22740
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Release Date:
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2006-11-06
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Popularity:
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7,557 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | RPM Package Manager 4.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-5466
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in RPM, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or potentially compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing certain RPM packages. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into querying a specially crafted RPM package.
Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code, but requires that certain locales are set (e.g. ru_RU.UTF-8).
Solution:
Fixed in the CVS repository.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Vladimir Mosgalin
Original Advisory:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833
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