Bug 625756 (CVE-2005-4889)

Summary:	CVE-2005-4889 rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package removal
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ffesti, omoris
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Bug Depends On:	125517, 626709, 626710
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Description Tomas Hoger 2010-08-20 11:23:23 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2005-4889 to the following vulnerability:

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. 

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/59426

This issue was fixed in Fedora rpm some time ago via bug #125517.  RPM versions in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 do not contain the fix and are affected.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2010-09-07 14:35:25 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Via RHSA-2010:0678 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0678.html