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Ubuntu: USN-5273-1 (CVE-2021-20266): RPM Package Manager vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5273-1 (CVE-2021-20266): RPM Package Manager vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/30/2021
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

A flaw was found in RPM's hdrblobInit() in lib/header.c. This flaw allows an attacker who can modify the rpmdb to cause an out-of-bounds read. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-librpm3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-librpm8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-librpmbuild3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-librpmbuild8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-librpmio3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-librpmio8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-librpmsign3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-librpmsign8
  • ubuntu-upgrade-rpm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-rpm-common

References

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