Summary
The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command-line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages.
Security Fix(es):
* rpm: TOCTOU race in checks for unsafe symlinks (CVE-2021-35937)
* rpm: races with chown/chmod/capabilities calls during installation (CVE-2021-35938)
* rpm: checks for unsafe symlinks are not performed for intermediary directories (CVE-2021-35939)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 8 | rpm | 0:4.14.3-28.el8_9 |
Vulnerabilities 3
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Unscored —
A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to bypass the checks tha…
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Unscored —
A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installin…
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Unscored —
It was found that the fix for CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501 was incomplete: the check was only implemented for the pa…