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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-35937: Moderate: rpm security update (ALSA-2024-0463)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-35937: Moderate: rpm security update (ALSA-2024-0463)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/25/2022
Created
01/30/2024
Added
01/29/2024
Modified
04/26/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-python3-rpm
  • alma-upgrade-rpm
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-apidocs
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-build
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-build-libs
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-cron
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-devel
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-libs
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-plugin-audit
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-plugin-fapolicyd
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-plugin-ima
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-plugin-selinux
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-plugin-syslog
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-sign
  • alma-upgrade-rpm-sign-libs

References

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