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CVE-2006-5466

Heap-based buffer overflow in the showQueryPackage function in librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8, when the LANG environment variable is se

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Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the showQueryPackage function in librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8, when the LANG environment variable is set to ru_RU.UTF-8, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages.

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Affected versions

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References 11

security.gentoo.org

secunia.com

ubuntu.com

bugzilla.redhat.com

securitytracker.com

mandriva.com

securityfocus.com

vupen.com