CVE - CVE-2013-6435

CVE-ID
CVE-2013-6435	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:71558 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558 CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html CONFIRM:http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811 CONFIRM:https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/12/10/analysis-of-the-cve-2013-6435-flaw-in-rpm/ DEBIAN:DSA-3129 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129 GENTOO:GLSA-201811-22 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2014:251 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2015:056 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056 REDHAT:RHSA-2014:1974 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1974.html REDHAT:RHSA-2014:1975 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1975.html REDHAT:RHSA-2014:1976 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20131104	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20131104)
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