USN-5273-1

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    USN-5273-1

    Published: 21 Jul 2022Last Modified: 25 Jun 2026

    Summary: rpm vulnerabilities

    Details: Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt the database and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3421, CVE-2021-20271) Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled memory when processing certain data from the database. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affects Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-20266)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rpm

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpm?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3build2
    4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3build3

    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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