CVE-2021-35937
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35937
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-35937.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-35937
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2022-08-25T20:15:09.243Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-05T00:22:53.330897Z
- Severity
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- 6.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
- https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
Affected packages
Git / github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed