CVE-2012-0060

NameCVE-2012-0060
DescriptionRPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid region tag in a package header to the (1) headerLoad, (2) rpmReadSignature, or (3) headerVerify function.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-140-1
Debian Bugs667031

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
rpm (PTS)bullseye4.16.1.2+dfsg1-3fixed
bookworm4.18.0+dfsg-1+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie4.20.0+dfsg-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
rpmsourcesqueeze4.8.1-6+squeeze2DLA-140-1
rpmsource(unstable)4.9.1.3-1667031

Notes

[squeeze] - rpm <no-dsa> (Minor issue)

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