Vulnerability Details : 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 2006-11-06 17:07:00
Updated 2011-03-08 02:43:15
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2006-5466

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5466

EPSS FAQ
3.68%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 92 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-5466

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.4
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
4.9
6.9
 NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-5466

  • Red Hat 2007-03-14
    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213515 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References for CVE-2006-5466

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