CVE-2021-3421

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3421
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-19 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:37:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package or compromise an RPM repository, to cause RPM database corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This flaw affects RPM versions before 4.17.0-alpha.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-347

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Rpm Rpm All All All All
Application Rpm Rpm All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: rpm-4.16.1.3-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: rpm-4.16.1.3-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: rpm-4.16.1.3-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: rpm-4.16.1.3-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: rpm-4.15.1.1-1.fc32.1 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: rpm-4.15.1.1-1.fc32.1 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-43) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1927747 – (CVE-2021-3421) CVE-2021-3421 rpm: unsigned signature header leads to string injection into an rpm database MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179989 Debian Security Update for rpm (CVE-2021-3421)
  • 281435 Fedora Security Update for rpm (FEDORA-2021-662680e477)
  • 281436 Fedora Security Update for rpm (FEDORA-2021-8d52a8a999)
  • 281437 Fedora Security Update for rpm (FEDORA-2021-2383d950fd)
  • 330113 IBM AIX Multiple Vulnerabilities due to RPM (rpm_advisory)
  • 352470 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for rpm: ALAS-2021-1521
  • 352485 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for rpm: ALAS2-2021-1689
  • 501685 Alpine Linux Security Update for rpm
  • 670407 EulerOS Security Update for rpm (EulerOS-SA-2021-1992)
  • 670496 EulerOS Security Update for rpm (EulerOS-SA-2021-2254)
  • 670522 EulerOS Security Update for rpm (EulerOS-SA-2021-2280)
  • 670588 EulerOS Security Update for rpm (EulerOS-SA-2021-2346)
  • 670685 EulerOS Security Update for rpm (EulerOS-SA-2021-2443)
  • 671014 EulerOS Security Update for rpm (EulerOS-SA-2021-2613)
  • 710026 Gentoo Linux RPM Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-43)
  • 750965 OpenSUSE Security Update for libdnf (openSUSE-SU-2021:2685-1)
  • 750981 OpenSUSE Security Update for rpm (openSUSE-SU-2021:2682-1)
  • 751248 OpenSUSE Security Update for rpm (openSUSE-SU-2021:1366-1)
  • 752786 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for rpm (SUSE-SU-2022:3939-1)
  • 900173 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for rpm 4.14.2
  • 903588 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for rpm (4268)
  • 906239 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for rpm (4268-1)
  • 960068 Rocky Linux Security Update for rpm (RLSA-2021:2574)
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