Improper Handling of Syntactically Invalid Structure Affecting rpm-build package, versions <0:4.8.0-19.el6_2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.07% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-RPMBUILD-1438857
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 Apr 2012

Introduced: 3 Apr 2012

CVE-2012-0061  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-228  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 rpm-build to version 0:4.8.0-19.el6_2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2012:0451.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpm-build package and not the rpm-build package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

The headerLoad function in lib/header.c in RPM before 4.9.1.3 does not properly validate region tags, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large region size in a package header.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1