Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Access Vector
- network
- Access Cmplx
- high
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- RPM
- Published
- 11/6/2006
- Last Modified
- 4/9/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
rpm : package_managerubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linux
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