UBUNTU-CVE-2021-35939
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Summary:
Details: It was found that the fix for CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501 was incomplete: the check was only implemented for the parent directory of the file to be created. A local unprivileged user who owns another ancestor directory could potentially use this flaw to gain root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-35939, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964129, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-35939
Affected packages
Package
Name: rpm
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpm?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
4.11.1-2
4.11.1-3
4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1
4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1+esm1
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
