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CVE-2012-0061

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 atta

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Summary

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.

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References 21

oracle.com

rhn.redhat.com

mandriva.com

securitytracker.com

rpm.org

secunia.com

osvdb.org

bugzilla.redhat.com

lists.fedoraproject.org

securityfocus.com

ubuntu.com

hermes.opensuse.org

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com