Debian 2015 DSA-3129-1 Critical: RPM Execution Risk Advisory

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the RPM package manager.

CVE-2013-6435

Florian Weimer discovered a race condition in package signature
validation.

CVE-2014-8118

Florian Weimer discovered an integer overflow in parsing CPIO headers which might result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.10.0-5+deb7u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been
fixed in version 4.11.3-1.1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 4.11.3-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rpm packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/