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Medium ALAS2-2021-1689 2 CVEs

Moderate: rpm security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Jul 14, 2021 · Updated Jul 15, 2021

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-3421: A flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package or compromise an RPM repository, to cause RPM database corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. 1927747: CVE-2021-3421 rpm: unsigned signature header leads to string injection into an rpm database CVE-2021-20271: A flaw was found in RPM's signature check functionality when reading a package file. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package, whose signature header was modified, to cause RPM database corruption and execute code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity, confidentiality, and system availability. 1934125: CVE-2021-20271 rpm: Signature checks bypass via corrupted rpm package

Fixed packages 12

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 python2-rpm 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 python3-rpm 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-apidocs 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-build 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-build-libs 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-cron 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-debuginfo 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-devel 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-libs 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6
Amazon Linux · 2 rpm-sign 0:4.11.3-40.amzn2.0.6

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-20271.html
  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-3421.html