VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 4.28%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.28% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- rpm/rpm
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
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/4.9.1.3Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48651Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48716Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49110Vendor Advisory
- 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/4.9.1.3Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48651Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.