VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-35937
A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm.
MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-367
- Affected
- rpm/rpm · redhat/enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0Release Notes
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22Third Party Advisory
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdfExploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.