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High
CVE-2013-6435
Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers...
Vulnerability Description
Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the /etc/cron.d directory.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html
- https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/12/10/analysis-of-the-cve-2013-6435-flaw-in-rpm/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1975.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1974.html
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
rpm, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.2, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.2\/a, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6, 1.4.7, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.8, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.3.10, 2.2.3.11, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.2.8, 2.2.9, 2.2.10, 2.2.11, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.7, 2.3.8, 2.3.9, 2.4.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.4.4, 2.4.5, 2.4.6, 2.4.8, 2.4.9, 2.4.11, 2.4.12, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5.4, 2.5.5, 2.5.6, 2.6.7, 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6, 4.0., 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1, 4.3.3, 4.4.2.1, 4.4.2.2, 4.4.2.3, 4.5.90, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8.0, 4.8.1, 4.9.0, 4.9.1, 4.9.1.1, 4.9.1.2, 4.10.0, 4.10.1, 4.10.2, 7.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 16th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.