CVE-2014-0022

Published: Jan 26, 2014Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

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

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

The installUpdates function in yum-cron/yum-cron.py in yum 3.4.3 and earlier does not properly check the return value of the sigCheckPkg function, which allows remote attackers to bypass the RMP package signing restriction via an unsigned package.

Affected (4)

Products: Baseurl: Yum

Baseurl

1 product

Yum

Configuration A

4 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Baseurl Yum	Up to 3.4.3
Baseurl Yum	Version 3.4.0
Baseurl Yum	Version 3.4.1
Baseurl Yum	Version 3.4.2

Related CWEs

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (10)

http://secunia.com/advisories/56637

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65119

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://yum.baseurl.org/gitweb?p=yum.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=9df69e5794

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1052440

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1057377

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/56637