CVE-2014-0022

Summary

CVECVE-2014-0022
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-26 16:58:11 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe installUpdates function in yum-cron/yum-cron.py in yum 3.4.3 and earlier does not properly check the return value of the sigCheckPkg function, which allows remote attackers to bypass the RMP package signing restriction via an unsigned package.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

EPSS: 0.005870000 probability, percentile 0.691660000 (date 2026-05-04)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Baseurl Yum 3.4.0 All All All
Application Baseurl Yum 3.4.1 All All All
Application Baseurl Yum 3.4.2 All All All
Application Baseurl Yum All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
yum.baseurl.org git repositories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 yum.baseurl.org
1057377 – (CVE-2014-0022) CVE-2014-0022 yum: yum-cron installs unsigned packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA56637 - YUM "YumCronBase()" Package Spoofing Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
1052440 – CVE-2014-0022 yum: yum-cron installs unsigned packages [fedora-all] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Yum 'yum-cron/yum-cron.py' Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
yum.baseurl.org git repositories MITRE yum.baseurl.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-0022 MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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