CVE-2012-6088 (GCVE-0-2012-6088)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-18 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:21
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Summary
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 RPM signature checks via a crafted package.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
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2012-12-07 00:00
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