RHSA-2024:0453MediumCVSS 6.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: rpm security update

Published
January 25, 2024
Last Modified
November 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (3)

CVE-2021-35937 →CVE-2021-35938 →CVE-2021-35939 →

📋 Description

CVE-2021-35937 — rpm: TOCTOU race in checks for unsafe symlinks CVE-2021-35938 — rpm: races with chown/chmod/capabilities calls during installation CVE-2021-35939 — rpm: checks for unsafe symlinks are not performed for intermediary directories

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • python3-rpm-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-apidocs-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.noarch as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-build-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-build-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-build-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-build-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-build-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-build-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-build-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)
  • rpm-build-debuginfo-0:4.16.1.3-24.el9_2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.2)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 All running applications linked against the RPM library must be restarted for this update to take effect. Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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