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CVE-2013-6435

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Description

Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the /etc/cron.d directory.

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html

http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1974.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1975.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22

https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/12/10/analysis-of-the-cve-2013-6435-flaw-in-rpm/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2014-12-16

Updated: 2018-11-29

Type: CWE-74

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.6

Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 4.9

Severity: HIGH

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