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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 possibly execute arbitrary…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
RpmRpm
through 4.9.1.2
Versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.4.1

Weakness classification

CWE-189

References