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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-06-04T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:09:17.302Z

Reserved: 2011-12-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-0061

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-04T20:55:01.790

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:09:53.470

Link: CVE-2012-0061

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2012-04-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-0061 - Bugzilla