High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 22, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7501
CVE-2017-7501
Description
It was found that versions of rpm before 4.13.0.2 use temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM. An attacker with ability to write in a directory where files will be installed could create symbolic links to an arbitrary location and modify content, and possibly permissions to arbitrary files, which could be used for denial of service or possibly privilege escalation.
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Affected products
45- osv-coords43 versionspkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/python3-rpm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rpm&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/rpm-python&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 4.11.2-16.21.1+ 42 more
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- Red Hat, Inc./rpmv5Range: before 4.13.0.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/rpm-software-management/rpm/commit/404ef011c300207cdb1e531670384564aae04bdcnvdIssue TrackingPatch
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22nvd
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