CVE-2021-3421
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3421
Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2021:2574
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3421.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.16.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.16.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.16.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.16.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.16.1.2+dfsg1-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.