FKIE_CVE-2006-5466
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-06 17:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:31
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| rpm | package_manager | 4.4.8 | |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.06_lts | |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 |
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