Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting rpm package, versions <4.18.0-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-RPM-3144058
- published 23 Nov 2022
- disclosed 25 Aug 2022
Introduced: 25 Aug 2022
CVE-2021-35937 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.17
rpm
to version 4.18.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpm
package and not the rpm
package as distributed by Alpine
.
See How to fix?
for Alpine:3.17
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.