UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7500

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7500
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7500.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7500
Upstream
Published
2018-08-13T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:11Z
Severity
  • 7.3 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / rpm

Package

Name
rpm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpm@4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*

4.11.1-2
4.11.1-3
4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1
4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "debugedit",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpm-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpm3",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpmbuild3",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpmio3",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpmsign1",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-rpm",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rpm",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rpm-common",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rpm-i18n",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rpm2cpio",
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / rpm

Package

Name
rpm
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpm@4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

4.*

4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3build2
4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3build3
4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "debugedit",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpm-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpm3",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpmbuild3",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpmio3",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "librpmsign3",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-rpm",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-rpm",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rpm",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rpm-common",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rpm-i18n",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rpm2cpio",
            "binary_version": "4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}