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CVE-2012-0815

The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibl

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Summary

The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative value in a region offset of a package header, which is not properly handled in a numeric range comparison.

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Affected versions

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References 21

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rhn.redhat.com

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rpm.org

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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

ubuntu.com

hermes.opensuse.org

osvdb.org