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USN-5273-1: RPM Package Manager vulnerabilities

21 July 2022

Several security issues were fixed in RPM Package Manager.

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Releases

Packages

  • rpm - package manager for RPM

Details

Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled
certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt the
database and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3421, CVE-2021-20271)

Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled
memory when processing certain data from the database. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only
affects Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-20266)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

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