CVE-2021-35937
published 2022-08-25CVE-2021-35937: 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…
medium6.4CVSS 3.1
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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
14 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | rpm | < rpm 4.18.0+dfsg-1 (bookworm) | rpm 4.18.0+dfsg-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| msrc | cbl2_rpm_4.18.0-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_2.0_arm | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_2.0_x64 | — | — |
| msrc | cm1_rpm_4.14.2-15_on_cbl_mariner_1.0 | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | — | — |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | — | — |
| rpm | rpm | < 4.18.0 | 4.18.0 |
| rpm | rpm | >= 0 < 4.18.0+dfsg-1 | 4.18.0+dfsg-1 |
| rpm | rpm | >= 0 < 4.18.0+dfsg-1 | 4.18.0+dfsg-1 |
| rpm | rpm | >= 0 < 4.18.0+dfsg-1 | 4.18.0+dfsg-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.16.4MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
GHSA
GHSA-63x9-9q4w-j636: A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-08-26·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2021-35937 [HIGH] CWE-367 GHSA-63x9-9q4w-j636: A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm
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.
OSV
CVE-2021-35937: A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm
osv·2022-08-25·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2021-35937 [HIGH] CVE-2021-35937: A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm
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.
Microsoft
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 gain
vendor_msrc·2022-08-09·CVSS 6.4
CVE-2021-35937 [HIGH] CWE-367 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 gain
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.
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishi
Red Hat
rpm: TOCTOU race in checks for unsafe symlinks
vendor_redhat·2021-06-30·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2021-35937 [HIGH] CWE-59 rpm: TOCTOU race in checks for unsafe symlinks
rpm: TOCTOU race in checks for unsafe symlinks
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.
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.
Statement: System and service accounts may have the required permissions t
Debian
CVE-2021-35937: rpm - A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 7.3
CVE-2021-35937 [HIGH] CVE-2021-35937: rpm - A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.18.0+dfsg-1)
bullseye: open
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.18.0+dfsg-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.18.0+dfsg-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.18.0+dfsg-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdfhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
2022-08-25
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