Overview
- Description
- Heap-based buffer overflow in the showQueryPackage function in librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8, when the LANG environment variable is set to ru_RU.UTF-8, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.4
- Impact score
- 6.9
- Exploitability score
- 4.9
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Evaluator
- Comment
- -
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Vendor comments
- Red HatRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213515 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Configurations
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"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "A1CADBE5-0FAA-437F-AB62-B457935938D0"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
"nodes": [
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"cpeMatch": [
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"matchCriteriaId": "B8517E55-4357-4AFD-B571-5533123CB014"
},
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"matchCriteriaId": "80FF1759-5F86-4046-ABA3-EB7B0038F656"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]