vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-35937: rpm: TOCTOU race in checks for unsafe symlinks (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 25, 2022 | Jan 26, 2024 | Sep 1, 2025 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 25, 2022
Added
Jan 26, 2024
Modified
Sep 1, 2025
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.
Solutions
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