CVE-2021-35939

Medium

Description

It was found that the fix for CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501 was incomplete: the check was only implemented for the parent directory of the file to be created. A local unprivileged user who owns another ancestor directory could potentially use this flaw to gain root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

SeverityMedium

CVSS6.7

Exploit probability—

Product

Rpm

PublishedAug 26, 2022

First seenAug 26, 2022

Weakness typeCWE-59Improper link resolution

How to fix

Update

rpm rpm4.18 or later

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
rpm rpm	v < 4.18	4.18
redhat enterprise_linux	8.0	—

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