Vulnerability in Rpm Package Manager
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 set to ru_RU.UTF-8, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.036 (89.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 89th percentile — 89.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.037 · newest: 0.036 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Rpm Package Manager — versions 4.4.8
- Ubuntu Linux — versions 6.06_lts, 6.10
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22740 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22854 (third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1 (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22745 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/22768 (third-party-advisory)