USN-2479-1

Florian Weimer discovered that RPM incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6435)

Florian Weimer discovered that RPM incorrectly handled certain CPIO headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into installing a malicious package file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause RPM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8118)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / rpm

Package

Name: rpm
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpm@4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.11.1-2

4.11.1-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "debugedit"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpm-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpm3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpmbuild3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpmio3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "librpmsign1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python-rpm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "rpm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "rpm-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "rpm-i18n"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "rpm2cpio"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2479-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2013-6435",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2014-8118",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}