CVE-2012-6088

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-01-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

The rpmpkgRead function in lib/package.c in RPM 4.10.x before 4.10.2 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.

Affected products

RPM: 4.10.0, 4.10.1

References

http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3d74c43
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.10.2
http://secunia.com/advisories/51706
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57138
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1694-1
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796375
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80953
http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=3d74c43
http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.10.2
http://secunia.com/advisories/51706
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/03/9

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