CVE-2017-7501

Summary

CVECVE-2017-7501
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-22 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:50:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was found that versions of rpm before 4.13.0.2 use temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM. An attacker with ability to write in a directory where files will be installed could create symbolic links to an arbitrary location and modify content, and possibly permissions to arbitrary files, which could be used for denial of service or possibly privilege escalation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Rpm Rpm All All All All
Application Rpm Rpm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-22) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Don't follow symlinks on file creation (CVE-2017-7501) · rpm-software-management/rpm@404ef01 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710222 Gentoo Linux RPM Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201811-22)
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