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    CVE-2012-0815

    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.

    Published:Apr 3, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jun 4, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.06991
    CVSS Score:6.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Els
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Mission Critical
    Vendor
    Rpm
    Product
    Rpm

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    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%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
    http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
    http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48651
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48716
    http://secunia.com/advisories/49110
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
    http://www.osvdb.org/81009
    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=744104
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74581
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362
    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%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
    http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
    http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48651
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48716
    http://secunia.com/advisories/49110
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
    http://www.osvdb.org/81009
    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=744104
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74581
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362

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