Description
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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- local
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- required
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- high
- Weaknesses
- CWE-345CWE-345
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- RPM
- Published
- 3/26/2021
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
rpm : rpmrpm : rpmrpm : rpmrpm : rpmrpm : rpmrpm : rpmrpm : rpmrpm : rpmrpm : rpmredhat : enterprise_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedorastarwindsoftware : starwind_virtual_san
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