github - ghsa-83gm-5269-qr3v

ghsa-83gm-5269-qr3v

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-08-26 00:03

Modified

2022-09-01 00:00

Severity ?

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

Details

A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

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cve-2021-35938

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2022-08-25 00:00

Modified

2024-08-04 00:40

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964114
	https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157880
	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35938
	https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
	https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/pull/1919
	https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/25a435e90844ea98fe5eb7bef22c1aecf3a9c033
	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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