CVE-2013-6435

Public on 2014-12-09
Modified on 2014-12-10
Description
It was found that RPM wrote file contents to the target installation directory under a temporary name, and verified its cryptographic signature only after the temporary file has been written completely. Under certain conditions, the system interprets the unverified temporary file contents and extracts commands from it. This could allow an attacker to modify signed RPM files in such a way that they would execute code chosen by the attacker during package installation.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.6
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 rpm 2014-12-09 ALAS-2014-458 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C