Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2006-5466

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 products

Rpm/Package Manager
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:package_manager:4.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Ubuntu/Linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/22745nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1nvdPatch
secunia.com/advisories/22740nvdExploitVendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/22768nvd
secunia.com/advisories/22854nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xmlnvd
securitytracker.com/idnvd
www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4350nvd

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