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Red Hat: CVE-2021-3445: Signature verification bypass via signature placed in the main RPM header (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 19, 2021
Added
Nov 10, 2021
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

A flaw was found in libdnf's signature verification functionality in versions before 0.60.1. This flaw allows an attacker to achieve code execution if they can alter the header information of an RPM package and then trick a user or system into installing it. The highest risk of this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

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