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CVE-2006-5466
Heap-based buffer overflow in the showQueryPackage function in librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8, when the LANG environment variable is…
Medium5.4EPSS 3.9%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.4 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.8% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- GLSA-200611-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 22740 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22854 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-378-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1017160 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:200 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20906 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 22745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22768 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4350 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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