CVE-2021-3421

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-3421
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-05-19T14:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-06-03T18:53:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-347 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/347.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.16.1.3
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 4.3
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1927747 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VHRPNBCRPDJHHQE3MBPSZK4H7X2IM7AC/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YILPBTPSBRYL4POBI3F4YUSVPSOQNJBY/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TMGXO3W6DHPO62GJ4VVF5DEUX5DRUR5K/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-43
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3421
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3421
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:06:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 02:38:00 2021-05-19T14:15Z 2021-05-19T14:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 02:38:00 2022-06-03T18:53:07 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 02:38:00 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated