CVE-2012-6088
The rpmpkgRead function in lib/package.c in RPM 4.10.x before 4.10.2 does not return an error code in certain situations involving an "unparseable signature," which allows remote attackers to bypass
02 Description
The rpmpkgRead function in lib/package.c in RPM 4.10.x before 4.10.2 does not return an error code in certain situations involving an "unparseable signature," which allows remote attackers to bypass
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
- 2.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.7% 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
- Moderate. 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
- 2013-01-18 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-12-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 626be7b816ba1bfd9983f34af840270dc7b8da726558ca23d97dd8b3b609f4f3
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796375
- www.securityfocus.com57138http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57138
- secunia.com51706http://secunia.com/advisories/51706
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20130103 Re: CVE Request -- rpm (X >= 4.10 and X < 3d74c43 commit): Signature checking function returned success on (possibly malicious ) rpm packageshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/9
- rpm.orghttp://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3d74c43
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1694-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1694-1
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comrpm-security-bypass(80953)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80953
- rpm.orghttp://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.10.2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- rpm Fixed in 4.10.1-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- rpm Fixed in 4.10.1-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- rpm Fixed in 4.10.1-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.