CVE-2012-6088

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6088
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-18 11:48:41 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe rpmpkgRead function in lib/package.c in RPM 4.10.x before 4.10.2 does not return an error code in certain situations involving an "unparseable signature," which allows remote attackers to bypass RPM signature checks via a crafted package.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-255 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rpm Rpm 4.10.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm 4.10.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RPM CVE-2012-6088 Signature Verification Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-1694-1: RPM vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- rpm (X >= 4.10 and X < 3d74c43 commit): Signature checking function returned success on (possibly malicious ) rpm packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Releases/4.10.2 - rpm - Trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rpm.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Page not found · GitHub Pages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rpm.org
Security Advisory SA51706 - RPM Package Manager Signature Verification Bypass Security Issue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Page not found · GitHub Pages MITRE rpm.org
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