CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-2204

7.5 HIGH Published 2002-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The default --checksig setting in RPM Package Manager 4.0.4 checks that a package's signature is valid without listing who signed it, which can allow remote attackers to make it appear that a malicious package comes from a trusted source.

Affected configurations

• redhat redhat package manager 4.0.2-71 • redhat redhat package manager 4.0.2-72 • redhat redhat package manager 4.0.3 • redhat redhat package manager 4.0.4

References