CVE-2012-0060

critical

Description

RPM 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.

References

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74582

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2012-0098

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744858

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865

http://www.osvdb.org/81010

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056

http://secunia.com/advisories/49110

http://secunia.com/advisories/48716

http://secunia.com/advisories/48651

http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3

http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=f23998251992b8ae25faf5113c42fee2c49c7f29

http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=e4eab2bc6d07cfd33f740071de7ddbb2fe2f4190

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-04

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04294