Vulnerability CVE-2012-0815
Published: 2012-06-04   Modified: 2012-06-05

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.

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
RPM -> RPM 

 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;a=commitdiff;h=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
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
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