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CVE-2010-2197· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

rpmbuild in RPM 4.8.0 and earlier does not properly parse the syntax of spec files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to remove ho

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 23/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.99% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 61.7% of all records.
  • Fixed version: rpm (Debian:12) 4.8.1-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to rpm (Debian:12) 4.8.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

rpmbuild in RPM 4.8.0 and earlier does not properly parse the syntax of spec files, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to remove home directories via vectors involving a ;~ (semicolon tilde) sequence in a Name tag.

MediumCVSS 5.8 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 8, 2010
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 62th percentile

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Action score

23

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
23 / 40 · 5.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
rpmrpm

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • rpm rpmup to 4.8.0 inclusive
  • rpm rpm1.2
  • rpm rpm1.3
  • rpm rpm1.3.1
  • rpm rpm1.4
  • rpm rpm1.4.2
  • rpm rpm1.4.2/a
  • rpm rpm1.4.3
  • rpm rpm1.4.4
  • rpm rpm1.4.5
  • rpm rpm1.4.6
  • rpm rpm1.4.7
  • rpm rpm2..4.10
  • rpm rpm2.0
  • rpm rpm2.0.1
  • rpm rpm2.0.10
  • rpm rpm2.0.11
  • rpm rpm2.0.2
  • rpm rpm2.0.3
  • rpm rpm2.0.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12rpmbefore 4.8.1-14.8.1-1

Same product

rpm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2014-8118Integer overflow in RPM 4.12 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CPIO header in the payload section
    42Plan
  • CVE-2011-3378RPM 4.4.x through 4.9.x, probably before 4.9.1.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly exec
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2013-6435Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extract
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2017-7500It was found that rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changin
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2017-7501It was found that versions of rpm before 4.13.0.2 use temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2021-20271A flaw was found in RPM's signature check functionality when reading a package file.
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
debian:rpm4.8.1-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    P · the service can be disrupted
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    P

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    Change log

    1. Fix✗ → ✓

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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