Published: 18/01/2013 Updated: 13/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

VMScore: 383

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The rpmpkgRead function in lib/package.c in RPM 4.10.x prior to 4.10.2 does not return an error code in certain situations involving an "unparseable signature," which allows remote malicious users to bypass RPM signature checks via a crafted package.

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Debian Bug report logs - #697375 rpm: CVE-2012-6088 Package: rpm; Maintainer for rpm is RPM packaging team <team+pkg-rpm@trackerdebianorg>; Source for rpm is src:rpm (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutilorg> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 15:00:02 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patch, security Fou ...

RPM could incorrectly validate package signatures ...

DescriptionThe MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as: The rpmpkgRead function in lib/packagec in RPM 410x before 4102 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 ...

CWE-255 http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.10.2 http://secunia.com/advisories/51706 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796375 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57138 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/9 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1694-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80953 http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3d74c43 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=697375 https://usn.ubuntu.com/1694-1/https://nvd.nist.gov https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-6088

CVE-2012-6088

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