CVE-2021-35937

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 Jun 2023, 17:48

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CWE CWE-59

16 Nov 2022, 20:05

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References (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22 - (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22 - Third Party Advisory

31 Oct 2022, 04:15

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References
  • (GENTOO) https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22 -

01 Sep 2022, 18:06

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CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE CWE-59
CWE-367
First Time Fedoraproject
Rpm
Rpm rpm
Fedoraproject fedora
Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 6.4
References (MISC) https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0 - (MISC) https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0 - Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937 - (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937 - Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf - (MISC) https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf - Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
References (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125 - (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125 - Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory

25 Aug 2022, 20:15

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2022-08-25 20:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:35


NVD link : CVE-2021-35937

Mitre link : CVE-2021-35937

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-35937


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Products Affected

fedoraproject

  • fedora

redhat

  • enterprise_linux

rpm

  • rpm
CWE
CWE-367

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')