github - ghsa-63x9-9q4w-j636

ghsa-63x9-9q4w-j636

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-08-26 00:03

Modified

2022-09-02 00:01

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

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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  "aliases": [
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  ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-25T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-63x9-9q4w-j636",
  "modified": "2022-09-02T00:01:09Z",
  "published": "2022-08-26T00:03:29Z",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22"
    },
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  ]
}

cve-2021-35937

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-08-25 00:00

Modified

2024-08-04 00:40

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937
	https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22	vendor-advisory

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

n/a

RPM

Version: Fixed in rpm v4.18.0

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        }
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

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Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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