Security Advisory

CVE-2021-20271

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2021-03-26 00:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-03 17:37:23
Assigner redhat
State PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in RPMs signature check functionality when reading a package file. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package, whose signature header was modified, to cause RPM database corruption and execute code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity, confidentiality, and system availability.