CVE-2006-5466

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.

How to fix CVE-2006-5466

To remediate CVE-2006-5466, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/rpm—upgrade to 4.4.1-11 or later

Is CVE-2006-5466 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 4.4.1-11

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5466