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 set to ru_RU.UTF-8, might allow user-assisted attackers to
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.87% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-11-06 17:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:48Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-10-23
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 625fd0fb09f904e723d6a873af92edc097d313812e88d680cd8b57d73d785e23
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200611-08http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xml
- secunia.com22740http://secunia.com/advisories/22740
- secunia.com22854http://secunia.com/advisories/22854
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-378-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833
- securitytracker.com1017160http://securitytracker.com/id?1017160
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:200http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:200
- www.securityfocus.com20906http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906
- secunia.com22745http://secunia.com/advisories/22745
- secunia.com22768http://secunia.com/advisories/22768
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4350http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4350
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rpm Fixed in 4.4.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rpm Fixed in 4.4.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rpm Fixed in 4.4.1-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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