cvelist/2021/35xxx/CVE-2021-35937.json

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        "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
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    "description": {
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                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "A race condition vulnerability was found in rpm. A local unprivileged user could use this flaw to bypass the checks that were introduced in response to CVE-2017-7500 and CVE-2017-7501, potentially gaining root privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability."
            }
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                "description": [
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                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'), CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition",
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                ]
            }
        ]
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    "affects": {
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                {
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                            {
                                "product_name": "RPM",
                                "version": {
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                                            "version_affected": "=",
                                            "version_value": "Fixed in rpm v4.18.0"
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            {
                "url": "https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.18.0"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1964125"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-35937"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.usenix.org/legacy/event/sec05/tech/full_papers/borisov/borisov.pdf"
            },
            {
                "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22",
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-22"
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