CVE-2021-35937
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35937
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-35937.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-35937
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2022-08-25T20:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-19T14:25:22.323541Z
- Severity
-
- 6.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125
- https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22
- https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-35937
Affected packages
Debian:11 / rpm
Package
- Name
- rpm
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
4.*
4.16.1.2+dfsg1-3
4.17.0+dfsg1-1
4.17.0+dfsg1-2
4.17.0+dfsg1-3
4.17.0+dfsg1-4
4.17.1.1+dfsg-1
4.18.0+dfsg-1
4.18.2+dfsg-1
4.18.2+dfsg-1.1~exp1
4.18.2+dfsg-2
4.18.2+dfsg-2.1~exp1
4.18.2+dfsg-2.1
4.19.1.1+dfsg-1~exp
4.19.1.1+dfsg-1
4.20.0+dfsg-1
4.20.0+dfsg-2
4.20.0+dfsg-3
4.20.0+dfsg-4
4.20.1+dfsg-1
4.20.1+dfsg-2
4.20.1+dfsg-3
Debian:12 / rpm
Package
- Name
- rpm
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source
Debian:13 / rpm
Package
- Name
- rpm
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source
Debian:14 / rpm
Package
- Name
- rpm
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source