Red Hat RPM Package Manager up to 4.4.2 RPM Packet heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Red Hat RPM Package Manager up to 4.4.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component RPM Packet Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5466. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Red Hat RPM Package Manager up to 4.4.2. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component RPM Packet Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2006. The weakness was released 11/06/2006 by Vladimir Mosgalin as Bug 212833 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-5466 since 10/23/2006. The attack needs to be done within the local network. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27960 (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : rpm vulnerability (USN-378-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at rpm.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 1 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30058), Tenable (27960), SecurityFocus (BID 20906†), OSVDB (30209†) and Secunia (SA22854†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 27960
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : rpm vulnerability (USN-378-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 57921
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-08 (rpm)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: rpm.org

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 212833
Researcher: Vladimir Mosgalin
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5466 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5466
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2656
X-Force: 30058
SecurityFocus: 20906 - LibRPM Query Report Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 22854 - Gentoo update for librmp4, Less Critical
OSVDB: 30209 - RPM Package Manager showQueryPackage Function Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017160
Vulnerability Center: 13156 - librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8 Remote Code Execution Via Crafted RPM Packages, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-4350

Entryinfo

Created: 11/07/2006 10:00
Updated: 04/26/2026 10:16
Changes: 11/07/2006 10:00 (97), 07/11/2019 09:15 (1), 04/26/2026 10:16 (17)
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