CVE-2006-5466

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.4
Exploit probability—
ProductRpm Package Manager
PublishedNov 6, 2006
First seenNov 6, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rpm package_manager4.4.8—
ubuntu ubuntu_linux6.06_lts, 6.10—

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