Synopsis:    Important: rpm security update
Issue Date:  2011-10-03
CVE Numbers: CVE-2011-3378


The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command line driven package management
system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and
updating software packages.

Multiple flaws were found in the way the RPM library parsed package
headers. An attacker could create a specially-crafted RPM package that,
when queried or installed, would cause rpm to crash or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2011-3378)

Note: Although an RPM package can, by design, execute arbitrary code when
installed, this issue would allow a specially-crafted RPM package to
execute arbitrary code before its digital signature has been verified.

All RPM users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
backported patch to correct these issues. All running applications linked
against the RPM library must be restarted for this update to take effect.

SL4:
  i386
     rpm-devel-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     rpm-python-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     rpm-libs-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     rpm-build-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     popt-1.9.1-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     rpm-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
  x86_64
     popt-1.9.1-35_nonptl.el4.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-build-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-libs-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     rpm-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-devel-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.x86_64.rpm
     popt-1.9.1-35_nonptl.el4.i386.rpm
     rpm-libs-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-python-4.3.3-35_nonptl.el4.x86_64.rpm
SL5:
  i386
     popt-1.10.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-build-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
  x86_64
     rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     rpm-python-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-build-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
     popt-1.10.2.3-22.el5_7.2.x86_64.rpm
     popt-1.10.2.3-22.el5_7.2.i386.rpm
SL6:
  i386
     rpm-libs-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
     rpm-python-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
     rpm-devel-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
     rpm-build-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
     rpm-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
  noarch
     rpm-cron-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.noarch.rpm
     rpm-apidocs-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.noarch.rpm
  x86_64
     rpm-libs-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-libs-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
     rpm-devel-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-devel-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-debuginfo-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.i686.rpm
     rpm-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-build-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm
     rpm-python-4.8.0-16.el6_1.1.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team