Executive Summary

Summary
Title RPM vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-378-1 First vendor Publication 2006-11-04
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2006-11-04
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 5.4 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.9 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
librpm4 4.4.1-5ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 6.10:
librpm4 4.4.1-9.1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

An error was found in the RPM library's handling of query reports. In some locales, certain RPM packages would cause the library to crash. If a user was tricked into querying a specially crafted RPM package, the flaw could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-378-1

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-08 (rpm)
File : nvt/glsa_200611_08.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30209 RPM Package Manager showQueryPackage Function Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-378-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-200.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-20 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200611-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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