Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting rpm package, versions <4.18.0+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.32% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN14-RPM-11766901
  • published10 Aug 2025
  • disclosed25 Aug 2022

Introduced: 25 Aug 2022

CVE-2021-35937  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-367  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:14 rpm to version 4.18.0+dfsg-1 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:14 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1