{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500","details":"It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination. An attacker, with write access to a directory in which a subdirectory will be installed, could redirect that directory to an arbitrary location and gain root privilege.","modified":"2026-09-01T20:03:50.063351795Z","published":"2018-08-13T17:29:00.357Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-7500"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7500"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rpm","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.18.0+dfsg-1","4.18.0+dfsg-1+deb12u1","4.18.2+dfsg-1","4.18.2+dfsg-1.1~exp1","4.18.2+dfsg-2","4.18.2+dfsg-2.1","4.18.2+dfsg-2.1~exp1","4.19.1.1+dfsg-1","4.19.1.1+dfsg-1~exp","4.20.0+dfsg-1","4.20.0+dfsg-2","4.20.0+dfsg-3","4.20.0+dfsg-4","4.20.1+dfsg-1","4.20.1+dfsg-2","4.20.1+dfsg-3","6.0.0-1","6.0.0-2","6.0.1-1","6.1.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500.json"}},{"package":{"name":"rpm","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.20.1+dfsg-3","6.0.0-1","6.0.0-2","6.0.1-1","6.1.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500.json"}},{"package":{"name":"rpm","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/rpm?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["4.20.1+dfsg-3","6.0.0-1","6.0.0-2","6.0.1-1","6.1.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"unimportant"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7500.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}