DEBIAN-CVE-2021-35937

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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
2025-09-30T05:15:09.876997Z
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:11 / rpm

Package

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

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*

4.16.1.2+dfsg1-3
4.17.0+dfsg1-1
4.17.0+dfsg1-2
4.17.0+dfsg1-3
4.17.0+dfsg1-4
4.17.1.1+dfsg-1
4.18.0+dfsg-1
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

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / rpm

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.18.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / rpm

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.18.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / rpm

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.18.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}