CVE-2013-6435

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    CVE-2013-6435

    Published: 16 Dec 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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://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, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22, https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/12/10/analysis-of-the-cve-2013-6435-flaw-in-rpm/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811, http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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