CVE-2011-3378

Summary

CVECVE-2011-3378
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-12-24 19:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:32:00 UTC
DescriptionRPM 4.4.x through 4.9.x, probably before 4.9.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an rpm package with crafted headers and offsets that are not properly handled when a package is queried or installed, related to (1) the regionSwab function, (2) the headerLoad function, and (3) multiple functions in rpmio/rpmpgp.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-94

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2. All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.8.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2. All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.4.2.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.7.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.8.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rpm.org Git Repositories - rpm.git/commitdiff CONFIRM rpm.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2011:1140-2: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Releases/4.9.1.2 - rpm - Trac CONFIRM rpm.org Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2011:1203-1: important: rpm (CVE-2011-33 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bug 741606 – CVE-2011-3378 rpm: crashes and overflows on malformed header CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
rpm.org Git Repositories - rpm.git/commitdiff MISC rpm.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:143 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com | CVE-2011-3378 MISC access.redhat.com
USN-1695-1: RPM vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
rpm.org Git Repositories - rpm.git/commitdiff MISC rpm.org
oss-security - rpm/librpm/rpm-python memory corruption pre-verification MLIST www.openwall.com
rpm.org Git Repositories - rpm.git/commitdiff CONFIRM rpm.org
2015-07 Security Bulletin: CTPView: Multiple vulnerabilities in CTPView - Juniper Networks CONFIRM kb.juniper.net
Bug 741612 – CVE-2011-3378 rpm: buffer overflow with malformed archive (copyTdEntry) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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