CVE-2013-6435
Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the /etc/cron.d directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.6 HIGHAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.61% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- rpm/rpm · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1974.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1975.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22
- https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/12/10/analysis-of-the-cve-2013-6435-flaw-in-rpm/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1974.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1975.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22
- https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/12/10/analysis-of-the-cve-2013-6435-flaw-in-rpm/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.