DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35937

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-35937
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35937.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35937
Upstream
Published
2022-08-25T20:15:09Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:04:30Z
Severity
  • 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

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

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
Fixed
4.18.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35937.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
Fixed
4.18.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35937.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
Fixed
4.18.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35937.json"