CVE-2017-7500

High

Description

It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination. An attacker, with write access to a directory in which a subdirectory will be installed, could redirect that directory to an arbitrary location and gain root privilege.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.3
Exploit probability—
ProductRpm
PublishedAug 13, 2018
First seenAug 13, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • rpm rpm4.13.0.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
rpm rpm4.13.0.0 ≤ v < 4.13.0.2, 4.14.0.04.13.0.2

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