CVE-2006-5466

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    CVE-2006-5466

    Published: 6 Nov 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:200, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4350, http://secunia.com/advisories/22740, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833, http://secunia.com/advisories/22745, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1, http://securitytracker.com/id?1017160, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906

    Affected packages

    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