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Ubuntu: USN-5273-1 (CVE-2021-3421): RPM Package Manager vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5273-1 (CVE-2021-3421): RPM Package Manager vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/19/2021
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
11/15/2024

Description

A flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package or compromise an RPM repository, to cause RPM database corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This flaw affects RPM versions before 4.17.0-alpha.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-librpm3
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-librpm8
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-librpmbuild3
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-librpmbuild8
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-librpmio3
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-librpmio8
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-librpmsign3
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-librpmsign8
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-rpm
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-rpm-common

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