CVE-2005-4889
lib/fsm.c in RPM before 4.4.3 does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during deletion of the file in an RPM package removal, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid or (2)…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
lib/fsm.c in RPM before 4.4.3 does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during deletion of the file in an RPM package removal, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid or (2) setgid file, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- rpm/rpm
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/rpm/files/rpm/rpm-4.4/rpm-4.4.3.tar.gzPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:180
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59426
- http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/rpm/files/rpm/rpm-4.4/rpm-4.4.3.tar.gzPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:180
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59426
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.