CVE-2021-35937 (GCVE-0-2021-35937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-25 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 00:40
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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.
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CWE
  • CWE-59 - - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'), CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
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Vendor Product Version
n/a RPM Affected: Fixed in rpm v4.18.0
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