{"id":"USN-5273-1","summary":"rpm vulnerabilities","details":"Demi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled\ncertain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to corrupt the\ndatabase and cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3421, CVE-2021-20271)\n\nDemi M. Obenour discovered that RPM Package Manager incorrectly handled\nmemory when processing certain data from the database. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only\naffects Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2021-20266)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:42:27Z","published":"2022-07-21T06:56:30Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20266","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20271","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3421"],"upstream":["CVE-2021-20266","CVE-2021-20271","CVE-2021-3421","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20266","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20271","UBUNTU-CVE-2021-3421"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5273-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3421"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20266"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20271"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"rpm","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/rpm@4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3build2","4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3build3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"debugedit","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"librpm-dev","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"librpm3","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"librpmbuild3","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"librpmio3","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"librpmsign3","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"python-rpm","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"python3-rpm","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"rpm","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"rpm-common","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"rpm-i18n","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"rpm2cpio","binary_version":"4.12.0.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"}],"availability":"Available 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