Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting rpm-libs package, versions <0:4.14.3-14.el8_4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RPMLIBS-4065034
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Mar 2021

Introduced: 11 Mar 2021

CVE-2021-3421  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 rpm-libs to version 0:4.14.3-14.el8_4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:2574.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpm-libs package and not the rpm-libs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package or compromise an RPM repository, to cause RPM database corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This flaw affects RPM versions before 4.17.0-alpha.

CVSS Scores

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