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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-3421: Security patch for rpm (ALAS-2021-1689)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2021-3421: Security patch for rpm (ALAS-2021-1689)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/19/2021
Created
07/20/2021
Added
07/19/2021
Modified
09/30/2022

Description

A flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package or compromise an RPM repository, to cause RPM database corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This flaw affects RPM versions before 4.17.0-alpha.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python2-rpm
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python3-rpm
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-apidocs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-build
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-build-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-cron
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-rpm-sign

References

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