CVE-2012-0061
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-0061 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-06-04 20:55:01 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC |
| Description | The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a package header. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [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 | |
| hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | hermes.opensuse.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 | |
| Page not found · GitHub Pages | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rpm.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 | |
| Page not found · GitHub Pages | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rpm.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 | |
| 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 | |
| Bug 798585 – CVE-2012-0061 rpm: improper validation of header contents total size in headerLoad() | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.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 |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.