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CVE-2012-0061

Description

From CVE.org

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score7.66.8N/A
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkN/A
Access ComplexityHighMediumN/A
AuthenticationNoneNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactCompletePartialN/A
Integrity ImpactCompletePartialN/A
Availability ImpactCompletePartialN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Ramon de C Valle (Red Hat Product Security Team).

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