Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Affecting rpm-plugin-selinux package, versions <0:4.14.3-28.el8_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-RPMPLUGINSELINUX-6243256
  • published13 Feb 2024
  • 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 Rocky-Linux:8 rpm-plugin-selinux to version 0:4.14.3-28.el8_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:0647.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream rpm-plugin-selinux package and not the rpm-plugin-selinux package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 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

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