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CVE-2021-3421

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CVE-2021-3421

Published: May 19, 2021

Modified: Aug 3, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package or compromise an RPM repository, to cause RPM database corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This flaw affects RPM versions before 4.17.0-alpha.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

rpm

affected
rpm 4.17.0-alpha

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

FEDORA-2021-2383d950fd
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2021-8d52a8a999
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
FEDORA-2021-662680e477
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
GLSA-202107-43
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_GENTOO

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