CVE-2013-6435

rpm < 4.11.1 - Remote Code Execution via Crafted RPM File Extraction

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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 (13)

Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1975.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1974.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129

Scores

EPSS 0.0767
EPSS Percentile 93.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-74
Status published
Products (50)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
rpm/rpm 1.2
rpm/rpm 1.3
rpm/rpm 1.3.1
rpm/rpm 1.4
rpm/rpm 1.4.1
rpm/rpm 1.4.2
rpm/rpm 1.4.2\/a
rpm/rpm 1.4.3
rpm/rpm 1.4.4
... and 40 more
Published Dec 16, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026