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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 environment variable is set to ru_RU.UTF-8, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages.

    Published:Oct 29, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 6, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.01691
    CVSS Score:5.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Rpm
    Product
    Package Manager
    Vendor
    Ubuntu
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux

    Exploits

    http://secunia.com/advisories/22740https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833http://secunia.com/advisories/22740https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    References

    http://secunia.com/advisories/22740
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22745
    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
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4350
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22740
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22745
    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
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4350
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High