CVE-2021-35937
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Summary
A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to bypass the checks that were introduced in response to CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501, potentially gaining root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | RPM | Fixed in rpm v4.18.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-59: CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'), CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22
References
- https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22
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