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 · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- rpm/rpm · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 7.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.