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From: John Helmert III <ajak@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202107-43 ] RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 04:28:21
Message-Id: YPZMKMRyI75g2bbu@sol.nexus.lan
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202107-43
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: July 20, 2021
10 Bugs: #778533, #787944
11 ID: 202107-43
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RPM, the worst of which
19 could result in remote code execution.
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21 Background
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24 The Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) is a command line driven package
25 management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying,
26 querying, and updating computer software packages.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 app-arch/rpm < 4.16.1.3 >= 4.16.1.3
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RPM. Please review the
40 CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All RPM users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/rpm-4.16.1.3"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2021-20266
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20266
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-20271
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20271
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-3421
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3421
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-43
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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