CVE-2012-6088 (GCVE-0-2012-6088)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-01-18 11:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:21
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
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