CVE-2021-3421

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3421
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3421.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-3421
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-05-19T14:15:07.457Z
Modified
2026-04-02T06:59:55.762082Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

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

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
3659b8a04f5b8bacf6535e0124e7fe23f15286bd
Database specific 
{
    "versions": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.16.1.3"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

rpm-4.*
rpm-4.10.0
rpm-4.10.0-beta1
rpm-4.10.0-release
rpm-4.10.1
rpm-4.10.1-release
rpm-4.10.2
rpm-4.10.2-release
rpm-4.10.3.1-release
rpm-4.11.0-alpha
rpm-4.11.0-beta1
rpm-4.11.0-release
rpm-4.11.0.1-release
rpm-4.11.1-rc1
rpm-4.11.1-rc2
rpm-4.11.1-release
rpm-4.11.2-rc1
rpm-4.11.2-rc2
rpm-4.11.2-release
rpm-4.11.3-release
rpm-4.12.0-alpha
rpm-4.12.0-beta1
rpm-4.12.0-rc1
rpm-4.12.0-release
rpm-4.12.0.1-release
rpm-4.12.0.2-release
rpm-4.13.0-alpha
rpm-4.13.0-rc1
rpm-4.13.0-rc2
rpm-4.13.0-release
rpm-4.13.0.1-release
rpm-4.13.0.2-release
rpm-4.13.1-release
rpm-4.14.0-rc1
rpm-4.14.0-rc2
rpm-4.14.0-release
rpm-4.14.1-release
rpm-4.14.2-rc1
rpm-4.14.2-rc2
rpm-4.14.2-release
rpm-4.14.2.1-release
rpm-4.14.3-release
rpm-4.15.0-alpha
rpm-4.15.0-beta1
rpm-4.15.0-rc1
rpm-4.15.0-release
rpm-4.15.1-release
rpm-4.15.1.3
rpm-4.16.0-alpha
rpm-4.16.0-beta2
rpm-4.16.0-beta3
rpm-4.16.0-rc1
rpm-4.16.0-release
rpm-4.16.1-release
rpm-4.16.1.1-release
rpm-4.16.1.2-release
rpm-4.17.0-alpha
rpm-4.17.0-beta1
rpm-4.17.0-rc1
rpm-4.17.0-release
rpm-4.17.1-release
rpm-4.17.1.1-release
rpm-4.18.0-alpha1
rpm-4.18.0-alpha2
rpm-4.18.0-beta1
rpm-4.18.0-rc1
rpm-4.18.0-release
rpm-4.18.1-release
rpm-4.18.2-release
rpm-4.19.0-alpha
rpm-4.19.0-alpha2
rpm-4.19.0-beta
rpm-4.19.0-rc1
rpm-4.19.0-release
rpm-4.19.1-release
rpm-4.19.1.1-release
rpm-4.20.0-alpha
rpm-4.20.0-alpha2
rpm-4.20.0-beta1
rpm-4.20.0-rc1
rpm-4.20.0-rc2
rpm-4.20.0-release
rpm-4.20.1-release
rpm-4.4-release
rpm-4.4.1-release
rpm-4.4.2-release
rpm-4.4.2.1-rc1
rpm-4.4.2.1-rc2
rpm-4.4.2.1-rc3
rpm-4.4.2.1-release
rpm-4.4.2.2-rc1
rpm-4.4.2.2-rc2
rpm-4.4.2.2-release
rpm-4.4.2.3-rc1
rpm-4.4.2.3-release
rpm-4.6.0-rc1
rpm-4.6.0-rc2
rpm-4.6.0-rc3
rpm-4.6.0-rc4
rpm-4.6.0-release
rpm-4.6.1-release
rpm-4.7.0
rpm-4.7.0-beta1
rpm-4.7.0-rc1
rpm-4.7.0-release
rpm-4.7.1-release
rpm-4.7.2-release
rpm-4.8.0-beta1
rpm-4.8.0-release
rpm-4.8.1-release
rpm-4.9.0
rpm-4.9.0-beta1
rpm-4.9.0-rc1
rpm-4.9.0-release
rpm-4.9.1-release
rpm-4.9.1.1-release
rpm-4.9.1.2-release
rpm-4.9.1.3-release
rpm-6.*
rpm-6.0.0-alpha
rpm-6.0.0-beta
rpm-6.0.0-beta2
rpm-6.0.0-release
rpm-6.0.1-release

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3421.json"
unresolved_ranges 
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