CVE-2012-0815 — Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check in RPM

CWE-189CWE-839 — Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum CheckCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer8 documents7 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
7.0%
top 8.52%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
RPMDebian RPM
Timeline
PublishedJun 4
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/rpm< rpm 4.9.1.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianrpm/rpm< 4.9.1.3-1+3
▶NVDrpm/rpm4.9.1.2+97

Patches

Patch: rpm.org ↗Patch: rpm.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-6grx-55mc-2wmq: The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2012-0815: The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header↗2012-06-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
RPM vulnerabilities↗2013-01-17
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Red Hat
rpm: incorrect handling of negated offsets in headerVerifyInfo()↗2012-04-03
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Debian
CVE-2012-0815: rpm - The headerVerifyInfo function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 allows remot...↗2012
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-0815 CVE-2012-0060 CVE-2012-0061 rpm various flaws [fedora-all]↗2012-04-03
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Bugzilla
CVE-2012-0815 rpm: incorrect handling of negated offsets in headerVerifyInfo()↗2011-10-07
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