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CVE-2012-0060

Published: Jun 4, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
6.8MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.7%
Top 9.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid region tag in a package header to the (1) headerLoad, (2) rpmReadSignature, or (3) headerVerify function.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

Gentoo Foundation Inc.
oss-project·US
Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
rpm
oss-project
rpmMixed
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-26.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
oracle.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
rhn.redhat.com
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