Bug 1371908 - rpm: out-of-bounds heap read headerVerifyInfo
Summary: rpm: out-of-bounds heap read headerVerifyInfo
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1371926
Blocks: 1270711
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Reported: 2016-08-31 12:17 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:24 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2016-08-31 12:47:06 UTC

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Description Stefan Cornelius 2016-08-31 12:17:09 UTC 
An out-of-bounds heap memory read has been reported in rpm.

The headerVerifyRegion() function in lib/package.c does not properly
sanity check certain input, resulting in the out-of-bounds read of heap
memory.

Patch:
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/8e847d52c811e9a57239e18672d40f781e0ec48e

Acknowledgments:

Name: Hanno Boeck
Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2016-08-31 12:43:52 UTC 
Created rpm tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1371926]
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