CVE-2006-5466
N/A
Published: November 6, 2006 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:31 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxPackage Manager
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
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 execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22740Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22745Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:200Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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