DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0061

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0061

    Published: 4 Jun 2012Last Modified: 5 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-0061

    Summary:

    Details: The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a package header.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0061

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rpm

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.9.1.3-1

    Affected versions

    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