CVE-2012-0815

Description

From CVE.org

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.

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

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-839

Integrity,Confidentiality,Availability

Technical Impact: Modify Application Data; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

An attacker could modify the structure of the message or data being sent to the downstream component, possibly injecting commands.

Availability

Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)

in some contexts, a negative value could lead to resource consumption.

Confidentiality,Integrity

Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Read Memory

If a negative value is used to access memory, buffers, or other indexable structures, it could access memory outside the bounds of the buffer.

Acknowledgements

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

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