CVE-2006-5466
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4EPSS 3.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.9% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5451)
- Published
- November 6, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5451 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- rpm / package manager
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
- ubuntu / ubuntu linux
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22740(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22745(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22768
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22854
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-08.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017160
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:200
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20906
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-378-1(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4350
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=212833(Exploit)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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