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Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-RPM-521540
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed13 Aug 2018

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2017-7500  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 rpm.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpm package and not the rpm package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination. An attacker, with write access to a directory in which a subdirectory will be installed, could redirect that directory to an arbitrary location and gain root privilege.