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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-35937: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-35937: Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
08/25/2022
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

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)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-rpm

References

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