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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-0815

Published: Jun 04, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
7.6 IMPORTANT
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0815
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RpmRpm*4.9.1.2 (including)
RpmRpm1.2 (including)1.2 (including)
RpmRpm1.3 (including)1.3 (including)
RpmRpm1.3.1 (including)1.3.1 (including)
RpmRpm1.4 (including)1.4 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.1 (including)1.4.1 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.2 (including)1.4.2 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.2/a (including)1.4.2/a (including)
RpmRpm1.4.3 (including)1.4.3 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.4 (including)1.4.4 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.5 (including)1.4.5 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.6 (including)1.4.6 (including)
RpmRpm1.4.7 (including)1.4.7 (including)
RpmRpm2.0 (including)2.0 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.1 (including)2.0.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.2 (including)2.0.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.3 (including)2.0.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.4 (including)2.0.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.5 (including)2.0.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.6 (including)2.0.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.7 (including)2.0.7 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.8 (including)2.0.8 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.9 (including)2.0.9 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.10 (including)2.0.10 (including)
RpmRpm2.0.11 (including)2.0.11 (including)
RpmRpm2.1 (including)2.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.1.1 (including)2.1.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.1.2 (including)2.1.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.2 (including)2.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.1 (including)2.2.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.2 (including)2.2.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.3 (including)2.2.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.3.10 (including)2.2.3.10 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.3.11 (including)2.2.3.11 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.4 (including)2.2.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.5 (including)2.2.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.6 (including)2.2.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.7 (including)2.2.7 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.8 (including)2.2.8 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.9 (including)2.2.9 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.10 (including)2.2.10 (including)
RpmRpm2.2.11 (including)2.2.11 (including)
RpmRpm2.3 (including)2.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.1 (including)2.3.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.2 (including)2.3.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.3 (including)2.3.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.4 (including)2.3.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.5 (including)2.3.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.6 (including)2.3.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.7 (including)2.3.7 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.8 (including)2.3.8 (including)
RpmRpm2.3.9 (including)2.3.9 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.1 (including)2.4.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.2 (including)2.4.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.3 (including)2.4.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.4 (including)2.4.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.5 (including)2.4.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.6 (including)2.4.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.8 (including)2.4.8 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.9 (including)2.4.9 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.11 (including)2.4.11 (including)
RpmRpm2.4.12 (including)2.4.12 (including)
RpmRpm2.5 (including)2.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.1 (including)2.5.1 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.2 (including)2.5.2 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.3 (including)2.5.3 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.4 (including)2.5.4 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.5 (including)2.5.5 (including)
RpmRpm2.5.6 (including)2.5.6 (including)
RpmRpm2.6.7 (including)2.6.7 (including)
RpmRpm3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.1 (including)3.0.1 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.2 (including)3.0.2 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.3 (including)3.0.3 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.4 (including)3.0.4 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.5 (including)3.0.5 (including)
RpmRpm3.0.6 (including)3.0.6 (including)
RpmRpm4.0. (including)4.0. (including)
RpmRpm4.0.1 (including)4.0.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.0.2 (including)4.0.2 (including)
RpmRpm4.0.3 (including)4.0.3 (including)
RpmRpm4.0.4 (including)4.0.4 (including)
RpmRpm4.1 (including)4.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.3.3 (including)4.3.3 (including)
RpmRpm4.4.2.1 (including)4.4.2.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.4.2.2 (including)4.4.2.2 (including)
RpmRpm4.4.2.3 (including)4.4.2.3 (including)
RpmRpm4.5.90 (including)4.5.90 (including)
RpmRpm4.6.0 (including)4.6.0 (including)
RpmRpm4.6.0-rc1 (including)4.6.0-rc1 (including)
RpmRpm4.6.0-rc2 (including)4.6.0-rc2 (including)
RpmRpm4.6.0-rc3 (including)4.6.0-rc3 (including)
RpmRpm4.6.0-rc4 (including)4.6.0-rc4 (including)
RpmRpm4.6.1 (including)4.6.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.7.0 (including)4.7.0 (including)
RpmRpm4.7.1 (including)4.7.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.7.2 (including)4.7.2 (including)
RpmRpm4.8.0 (including)4.8.0 (including)
RpmRpm4.8.1 (including)4.8.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.9.0 (including)4.9.0 (including)
RpmRpm4.9.0-alpha (including)4.9.0-alpha (including)
RpmRpm4.9.0-beta1 (including)4.9.0-beta1 (including)
RpmRpm4.9.0-rc1 (including)4.9.0-rc1 (including)
RpmRpm4.9.1 (including)4.9.1 (including)
RpmRpm4.9.1.1 (including)4.9.1.1 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extended Lifecycle SupportRedHatrpm-0:4.2.3-36_nonptl*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extended Lifecycle SupportRedHatrpm-0:4.3.3-36_nonptl.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatrpm-0:4.4.2.3-28.el5_8*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Long LifeRedHatrpm-0:4.4.2.3-9.el5_3.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 EUS - Server OnlyRedHatrpm-0:4.4.2.3-22.el5_6.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatrpm-0:4.8.0-19.el6_2.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 EUS - Server OnlyRedHatrpm-0:4.8.0-12.el6_0.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 EUS - Server OnlyRedHatrpm-0:4.8.0-16.el6_1.2*
RpmUbuntuhardy*
RpmUbuntulucid*
RpmUbuntumaverick*
RpmUbuntunatty*
RpmUbuntuoneiric*
RpmUbuntuprecise*
RpmUbuntuupstream*

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