CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe vulnerability in RPM's rpmbuild affects the processing of crafted source archives, allowing an attacker to inject malicious RPM macros through specially crafted .spec member names. This can lead to arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user executing the rpmbuild command. Organizations utilizing RPM for package management, especially those with automated build systems, should prioritize addressing this vulnerability to mitigate potential exploitation risks.
Public Exploit Signal
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Original NVD Description
A vulnerability was found in RPM's rpmbuild tarball processing. When processing a crafted source archive, the getTarSpec() function in tools/rpmbuild.cc passes an attacker-controlled tar archive member name to rpmExpand() as part of a %{basename:...} macro expression. A specially crafted .spec member name can therefore inject RPM macros, including Lua expressions, resulting in arbitrary code execution with the privileges of the user running rpmbuild. This can be exploited when a victim or automated build system processes an attacker-controlled source tarball using rpmbuild tarball mode (such as -ts, -ta, or -tb).