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CVE-2006-5466

Published: 6 November 2006

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.

Priority

Unknown

Status

Package Release Status
rpm
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian 		dapper
Released (4.4.1-5ubuntu2.1)
edgy
Released (4.4.1-9.1ubuntu0.1)
feisty
Released (4.4.1-14build1)
upstream Needs triage

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