GLSA 201811-22: RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | normal |
Title: | RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 11/28/2018 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201811-22 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RPM, the worst of which could allow a remote attacker to escalate privileges.Background
The Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) is a command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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app-arch/rpm | < 4.14.1 | >= 4.14.1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RPM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted RPM file, could escalate privileges, execute arbitrary code, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All RPM users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/rpm-4.14.1"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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