rpm: Fix of 2 CVEs
- CVE-2021-35939: validate intermediate symlinks during installation - CVE-2021-35938: set file metadata via fd-based ops for everything but symlinks - Fix file descriptor leak recently introduced in rpmPackageFilesInstall()
- Products
- python3-rpm, rpm, rpm-apidocs, rpm-build, rpm-build-libs, rpm-cron, rpm-devel, rpm-libs, rpm-plugin-fapolicyd, rpm-plugin-ima, rpm-plugin-prioreset, rpm-plugin-selinux, rpm-plugin-syslog, rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit, rpm-sign
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-35938, CVE-2021-35939
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 13:56 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2021-35939: validate intermediate symlinks during installation - CVE-2021-35938: set file metadata via fd-based ops for everything but symlinks - Fix file descriptor leak recently introduced in rpmPackageFilesInstall()
osv:CLSA-2022-1671123868
python3-rpm
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-apidocs
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-build
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-build-libs
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-cron
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-devel
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-libs
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-plugin-fapolicyd
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-plugin-ima
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-plugin-prioreset
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-plugin-selinux
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-plugin-syslog
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
rpm-sign
Fixed versions: 4.14.3-19.el8.tuxcare.els2
Complete source record
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