UBUNTU-CVE-2013-6435

Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the /etc/cron.d directory.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / rpm

Package

Name: rpm
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpm@4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.11.1-2

4.11.1-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "debugedit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpm-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpmbuild3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpmio3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpmsign1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python-rpm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "rpm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "rpm-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "rpm-i18n"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "rpm2cpio"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}