cve-2021-20271
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-03-26 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 17:37
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934125Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/d6a86b5e69e46cc283b1e06c92343319beb42e21Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGXO3W6DHPO62GJ4VVF5DEUX5DRUR5K/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VHRPNBCRPDJHHQE3MBPSZK4H7X2IM7AC/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YILPBTPSBRYL4POBI3F4YUSVPSOQNJBY/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-43Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220805-0002/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1934125Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/d6a86b5e69e46cc283b1e06c92343319beb42e21Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGXO3W6DHPO62GJ4VVF5DEUX5DRUR5K/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VHRPNBCRPDJHHQE3MBPSZK4H7X2IM7AC/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YILPBTPSBRYL4POBI3F4YUSVPSOQNJBY/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-43Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20220805-0002/Third Party Advisory
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