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CVE-2021-35938

Published: Aug 25, 2022

Modified: Aug 4, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

A symbolic link issue was found in rpm. It occurs when rpm sets the desired permissions and credentials after installing a file. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to exchange the original file with a symbolic link to a security-critical file and escalate their privileges on the system. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	RPM	affected `Fixed in rpm v4.18.0`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964114

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157880

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35938

https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0

https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/pull/1919

https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/25a435e90844ea98fe5eb7bef22c1aecf3a9c033

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