Upstream information

CVE-2012-0061 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 754285 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
  • popt >= 1.7-37.50.6
  • popt-32bit >= 1.7-37.50.6
  • popt-devel >= 1.7-37.50.6
  • popt-devel-32bit >= 1.7-37.56.1
  • rpm >= 4.4.2.3-37.50.6
  • rpm-32bit >= 4.4.2.3-37.50.6
  • rpm-devel >= 4.4.2.3-37.50.6
  • rpm-devel-32bit >= 4.4.2.3-37.56.1
  • rpm-x86 >= 4.4.2.3-37.56.1
Patchnames:
sdksp2-popt
sledsp2-popt
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2
  • popt >= 1.7-37.50.6
  • popt-32bit >= 1.7-37.50.6
  • popt-devel >= 1.7-37.50.6
  • popt-devel-32bit >= 1.7-37.56.1
  • popt-x86 >= 1.7-37.56.1
  • rpm >= 4.4.2.3-37.50.6
  • rpm-32bit >= 4.4.2.3-37.50.6
  • rpm-devel >= 4.4.2.3-37.50.6
  • rpm-devel-32bit >= 4.4.2.3-37.56.1
  • rpm-x86 >= 4.4.2.3-37.56.1
Patchnames:
sdksp2-popt
slessp2-popt
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
  • popt-devel >= 1.7-37.50.6
  • popt-devel-32bit >= 1.7-37.56.1
  • rpm-32bit >= 4.4.2.3-37.50.6
  • rpm-devel >= 4.4.2.3-37.50.6
  • rpm-devel-32bit >= 4.4.2.3-37.56.1
  • rpm-x86 >= 4.4.2.3-37.56.1
Patchnames:
sdksp2-popt


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 rpm Affected
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 rpm Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 08:34:25 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:05:22 2023