CVE-2012-0060

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0060
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-04 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionRPM 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rpm Rpm 1.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.3.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.2\/a All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 1.4.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.10 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.11 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.8 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.0.9 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.1.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.1.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.10 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.11 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.3.10 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.3.11 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.8 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.2.9 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.8 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.3.9 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.11 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.12 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.8 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.4.9 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.5.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 2.6.7 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.5 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 3.0.6 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0. All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0.2 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0.3 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.0.4 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.3.3 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 4.5.90 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 rc1 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 rc2 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 rc3 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.6.0 rc4 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 4.8.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.0 alpha All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.0 beta1 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.0 rc1 All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.9.1.1 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: rpm-4.9.1.3-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Page not found · GitHub Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rpm.org
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
Page not found · GitHub Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rpm.org
Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletin - July 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
www.osvdb.org/81010 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
RPM Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
RPM Package Manager Header Processing and Signature Validation Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: rpm-4.9.1.3-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: rpm-4.9.1.3-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Bug 744858 – CVE-2012-0060 rpm: insufficient validation of region tags af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1695-1: RPM vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Releases/4.9.1.3 - rpm - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rpm.org
Page not found · GitHub Pages MITRE rpm.org
Page not found · GitHub Pages MITRE rpm.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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