RPM: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202210-22

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RPM, the worst of which could lead to root privilege escalation.

Affected packages

app-arch/rpm on all architectures
Affected versions < 4.18.0
Unaffected versions >= 4.18.0

Background

The Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) is a command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating computer software packages.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in RPM. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All RPM users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-arch/rpm-4.18.0"
 

References

Release date
October 31, 2022

Latest revision
October 31, 2022: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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