6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2012-0061
RPM Region Tag Validation Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 4, 2012, 8:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:34 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2012-0061 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2012-0061 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Rpm rpm
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2012-0061.

URL Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
http://secunia.com/advisories/48651 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48716 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49110 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.osvdb.org/81010
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
http://secunia.com/advisories/48651 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48716 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49110 Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
http://www.osvdb.org/81010
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362

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Vulnerabilities discovered.

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Born at : Jan. 3, 2024, 9:02 a.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2012-0061 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2012-0061 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/077960.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078819.html
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/078907.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0451.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0531.html
    Added Reference http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
    Added Reference http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
    Added Reference http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.3
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48651
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/48716
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/49110
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/81010
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52865
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026882
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=798585
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583
    Added Reference https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14440932
    Added Reference https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14441362
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=472e569562d4c90d7a298080e0052856aa7fa86b
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commitdiff;h=858a328cd0f7d4bcd8500c78faaf00e4f8033df6
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:056 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74583 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74583 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 05, 2012

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2012-0061 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2012-0061 weaknesses.

CAPEC-3: Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters Using Leading 'Ghost' Character Sequences to Bypass Input Filters CAPEC-7: Blind SQL Injection Blind SQL Injection CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-13: Subverting Environment Variable Values Subverting Environment Variable Values CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-22: Exploiting Trust in Client Exploiting Trust in Client CAPEC-23: File Content Injection File Content Injection CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-28: Fuzzing Fuzzing CAPEC-31: Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies Accessing/Intercepting/Modifying HTTP Cookies CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-43: Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers Exploiting Multiple Input Interpretation Layers CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-52: Embedding NULL Bytes Embedding NULL Bytes CAPEC-53: Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash Postfix, Null Terminate, and Backslash CAPEC-63: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CAPEC-64: Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-71: Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using Unicode Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-72: URL Encoding URL Encoding CAPEC-73: User-Controlled Filename User-Controlled Filename CAPEC-78: Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-79: Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding CAPEC-80: Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic Using UTF-8 Encoding to Bypass Validation Logic CAPEC-81: Web Server Logs Tampering Web Server Logs Tampering CAPEC-83: XPath Injection XPath Injection CAPEC-85: AJAX Footprinting AJAX Footprinting CAPEC-88: OS Command Injection OS Command Injection CAPEC-101: Server Side Include (SSI) Injection Server Side Include (SSI) Injection CAPEC-104: Cross Zone Scripting Cross Zone Scripting CAPEC-108: Command Line Execution through SQL Injection Command Line Execution through SQL Injection CAPEC-109: Object Relational Mapping Injection Object Relational Mapping Injection CAPEC-110: SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering SQL Injection through SOAP Parameter Tampering CAPEC-120: Double Encoding Double Encoding CAPEC-135: Format String Injection Format String Injection CAPEC-136: LDAP Injection LDAP Injection CAPEC-153: Input Data Manipulation Input Data Manipulation CAPEC-182: Flash Injection Flash Injection CAPEC-209: XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch CAPEC-230: Serialized Data with Nested Payloads Serialized Data with Nested Payloads CAPEC-231: Oversized Serialized Data Payloads Oversized Serialized Data Payloads CAPEC-250: XML Injection XML Injection CAPEC-261: Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data Fuzzing for garnering other adjacent user/sensitive data CAPEC-267: Leverage Alternate Encoding Leverage Alternate Encoding CAPEC-473: Signature Spoof Signature Spoof CAPEC-588: DOM-Based XSS DOM-Based XSS CAPEC-664: Server Side Request Forgery Server Side Request Forgery
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

6.07 }} 1.31%

score

0.93431

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability