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CVE-2010-2059

Date: June 8, 2010

lib/fsm.c in RPM 4.8.0 and unspecified 4.7.x and 4.6.x versions, and RPM before 4.4.3, does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during replacement of the file in an RPM package upgrade, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid or (2) setgid file.

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (22)

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0004.html

Url: http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ca2d6b2b484f1501eafdde02e1688409340d2383

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516909/100/0/threaded

Url: http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127559059928131&w=2

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2059

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0606

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/02/2

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0679.html

Url: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2011/000126.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/02/3

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/04/1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2059

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/40028

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-09/msg00006.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/03/5

Url: http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/rpm/files/rpm/rpm-4.4/rpm-4.4.3.tar.gz

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:180

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/65143

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2010-2059

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2010-2059

Date: June 8, 2010

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Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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