CVE-2006-5466

N/A Unknown
Published: November 06, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
View on NVD

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22740
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22745
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22768
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/22854
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017160
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22740
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22745
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22768
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22854
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017160
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:200
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4350
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.7%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

rpm ubuntu