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CVE-2010-2197

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

• RPM: through 4.8.0; 1.2, 1.3, 1.3.1, 1.4, 1.4.2, 1.4.2/a (+86)

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59423
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59423

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