CVE-2021-3421

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-3421
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3421.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-3421
Downstream
Related
Published
2021-05-19T14:15:07.457Z
Modified
2026-04-16T00:06:37.486687279Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "32"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "33"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "34"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
Database specific
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "4.16.1.3"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_FIELD"
}

Affected versions

rpm-4.*
rpm-4.11.0-alpha
rpm-4.12.0-alpha
rpm-4.13.0-alpha
rpm-4.15.0-alpha
rpm-4.16.0-alpha
rpm-4.16.0-beta2
rpm-4.16.0-beta3
rpm-4.16.0-release
rpm-4.16.1-release
rpm-4.16.1.1-release
rpm-4.16.1.2-release
rpm-4.4-release
rpm-4.4.1-release
rpm-4.4.2-release
rpm-4.4.2.1-rc1
rpm-4.4.2.1-rc2
rpm-4.8.0-beta1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-3421.json"