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rpm: Fix of 2 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- 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

rpm: Fix of 2 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Dec 2022, 17:04 UTC

- 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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