CVE-2021-35937

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 Medium 6.4
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-35937
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-08-25T20:15:09
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-11-16T20:05:07
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-367 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/367.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 4.18.0
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • HIGH
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.4
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 0.5
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125 Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory
https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22 Third Party Advisory
https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf Exploit Technical Description Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35937
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-35937
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-08-25 21:00:16 Added to TrackCVE