Skip to content
Sign in
Not rated

CVE-2021-35939 It was found that the fix for CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501 was incomplete: the check was only implemented for the…

Description

It was found that the fix for CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501 was incomplete: the check was only implemented for the parent directory of the file to be created. A local unprivileged user who owns another ancestor directory could potentially use this flaw to gain root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
rpm Versions not published

Other CVEs of rpm

The 7 CVEs of rpm →
CVE-2021-35937 A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm Not rated CVE-2021-35938 A symbolic link issue was found in rpm Not rated CVE-2021-3521 There is a flaw in RPM's signature functionality Not rated CVE-2021-3421 A flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality Not rated
Track this CVE