RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities

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

A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted RPM file, could escalate privileges, execute arbitrary code, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

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-4.14.1"