CVE-2011-3378

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2011-12-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

RPM 4.4.x through 4.9.x, probably before 4.9.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an rpm package with crafted headers and offsets that are not properly handled when a package is queried or installed, related to (1) the regionSwab function, (2) the headerLoad function, and (3) multiple functions in rpmio/rpmpgp.c.

Affected products

RPM: through 4.9.1.1; 4.4.2, 4.4.2., 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.3, 4.6.0 (+5)

References

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10691
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00002.html
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=11a7e5d95a8ca8c7d4eaff179094afd8bb74fc3f
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a48f0e20cbe2ababc88b2fc52fb7a281d6fc1656
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.9.1.2#Security
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:143
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/09/27/3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1349.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1695-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741606
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=741612

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