USN-2479-1

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USN-2479-1

Summary: rpm vulnerabilities

Details: Florian Weimer discovered that RPM incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-6435) Florian Weimer discovered that RPM incorrectly handled certain CPIO headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into installing a malicious package file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause RPM to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2014-8118)

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2479-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6435, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8118