CVE-2013-6435

Publication date 16 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
rpm	14.10 utopic	Fixed 4.11.2-3ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4.11.1-3ubuntu0.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4.9.1.1-1ubuntu0.3
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored

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References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2479-1
RPM vulnerabilities
19 January 2015

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6435