CVE-2021-20271

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-20271
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20271.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-20271
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-03-26T17:15:13Z
Modified
2026-03-15T22:38:58.308902Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in RPM's signature check functionality when reading a package file. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package, whose signature header was modified, to cause RPM database corruption and execute code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity, confidentiality, and system availability.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm
Events
Introduced
8c6c17759781da75c6aff861fab721d91269c0f9
Fixed
a8eade3f53f9c64543813eac8cd5dad392eaae3b
Introduced
cd7f9303ef1070f027493cad7d00bc66935af2a0
Fixed
3659b8a04f5b8bacf6535e0124e7fe23f15286bd
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
a071f1d0dfcb801c5cf11cc2d716abfa23f8c1ad
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
696349830dab24ebe8e98391e60a7d8ca4c6ed66
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
4b966110f47b7128cce5bc7143fe4380693d482b
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
6811aa3803e30fdfe4c106657956bdde251eaeab
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
2f127502096c359de6c9feb18f401dd51c8b98a7
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
b210c486f531d805b2b8ca950f3748db572d18e9
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
32a49f73d760f4162a37188073efd6bf5d464d9b
Fixed
d6a86b5e69e46cc283b1e06c92343319beb42e21
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.15.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.15.1.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "4.16.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.16.1.3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.15.0-alpha"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.15.0-beta1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.15.0-rc1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.16.0-alpha"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.16.0-beta2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.16.0-beta3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.16.0-rc1"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

rpm-4.*
rpm-4.15.0-release
rpm-4.16.0-release
rpm-4.16.1-release
rpm-4.16.1.1-release
rpm-4.16.1.2-release

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-20271.json"
unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "8.0"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "32"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "33"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "34"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "v8-build14398"
            }
        ]
    }
]
vanir_signatures 
[
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "20048171095207656906286157320215457454",
            "length": 1162.0
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/d6a86b5e69e46cc283b1e06c92343319beb42e21",
        "id": "CVE-2021-20271-a263355a",
        "target": {
            "file": "lib/package.c",
            "function": "rpmReadPackageFile"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Function",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "42007002990315704298120220962834331013",
            "length": 1479.0
        },
        "source": "https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/d6a86b5e69e46cc283b1e06c92343319beb42e21",
        "id": "CVE-2021-20271-bb178e26",
        "target": {
            "file": "lib/package.c",
            "function": "headerMergeLegacySigs"
        }
    },
    {
        "deprecated": false,
        "signature_type": "Line",
        "signature_version": "v1",
        "digest": {
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        "source": "https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/d6a86b5e69e46cc283b1e06c92343319beb42e21",
        "id": "CVE-2021-20271-c02cf37b",
        "target": {
            "file": "lib/package.c"
        }
    }
]