RHSA-2012:0451High

Red Hat Security Advisory: rpm security update

Published
April 3, 2012
Last Modified
June 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2012-0060 →CVE-2012-0061 →CVE-2012-0815 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-0060 — rpm: insufficient validation of region tags CVE-2012-0061 — rpm: improper validation of header contents total size in headerLoad() CVE-2012-0815 — rpm: incorrect handling of negated offsets in headerVerifyInfo()

🎯 Affected products200

  • RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 3 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Long Life (v. 5.3 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.0)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.0)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 6.1)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-22.el5_6.3.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-22.el5_6.3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-22.el5_6.3.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-22.el5_6.3.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-22.el5_6.3.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-22.el5_6.3.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-22.el5_6.3.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-28.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • popt-0:1.10.2.3-28.el5_8.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • +170 more not shown

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (6)