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CVE-2021-3421
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-05-19T14:15:07.457 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:05:03.520

Summary

A flaw was found in the RPM package in the read functionality. This flaw allows an attacker who can convince a victim to install a seemingly verifiable package or compromise an RPM repository, to cause RPM database corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity. This flaw affects RPM versions before 4.17.0-alpha.

Affected products

rpm — rpm

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