Bug 625756 – CVE-2005-4889 rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package removal

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Bug 625756 - (CVE-2005-4889) CVE-2005-4889 rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package removal

Summary:	CVE-2005-4889 rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package removal

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2005-4889

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	125517 626709 626710
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Reported:	2010-08-20 07:23 EDT by Tomas Hoger
Modified:	2018-06-21 04:49 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2010:0678	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: rpm security update	2010-09-07 10:35:00 EDT

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Description Tomas Hoger 2010-08-20 07:23:23 EDT

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 10:35:25 EDT

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

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