DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7500
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500
Upstream
Published
2018-08-13T17:29:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:03:50Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination. An attacker, with write access to a directory in which a subdirectory will be installed, could redirect that directory to an arbitrary location and gain root privilege.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / rpm

Package

Name
rpm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*
4.18.0+dfsg-1
4.18.0+dfsg-1+deb12u1
4.18.2+dfsg-1
4.18.2+dfsg-1.1~exp1
4.18.2+dfsg-2
4.18.2+dfsg-2.1~exp1
4.18.2+dfsg-2.1
4.19.1.1+dfsg-1~exp
4.19.1.1+dfsg-1
4.20.0+dfsg-1
4.20.0+dfsg-2
4.20.0+dfsg-3
4.20.0+dfsg-4
4.20.1+dfsg-1
4.20.1+dfsg-2
4.20.1+dfsg-3
6.*
6.0.0-1
6.0.0-2
6.0.1-1
6.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500.json"

Debian:13 / rpm

Package

Name
rpm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*
4.20.1+dfsg-3
6.*
6.0.0-1
6.0.0-2
6.0.1-1
6.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500.json"

Debian:14 / rpm

Package

Name
rpm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*
4.20.1+dfsg-3
6.*
6.0.0-1
6.0.0-2
6.0.1-1
6.1.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500.json"