GLSA 201811-22: RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	11/28/2018
Bugs:	#533740, #638636
ID:	201811-22

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RPM, the worst of which could allow a remote attacker to escalate privileges.

Background

The Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) is a command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-arch/rpm	< 4.14.1	>= 4.14.1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RPM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted RPM file, could escalate privileges, execute arbitrary code, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All RPM users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/rpm-4.14.1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201811-22.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.