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CVE-2021-35937

2022-08-2500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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6.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

3.4 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

MULTIPLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

35.7%

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.

Notes

Author Note
seth-arnold Only debugedit and librpmio9 binary packages are in main, and triaged with view to how they are used in the build process as described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rpm/+bug/1913871

6.4 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

3.4 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

HIGH

Authentication

MULTIPLE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:H/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

35.7%