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GLSA-200611-08 : RPM: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 23673

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200611-08 (RPM: Buffer overflow)

 Vladimir Mosgalin has reported that when processing certain packages, RPM incorrectly allocates memory for the packages, possibly causing a heap-based buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted RPM package and execute code with the privileges of that user if certain locales are set.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All RPM users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-arch/rpm-4.4.6-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 23673

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200611-08.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 11/20/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:rpm, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5466

GLSA: 200611-08