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CVE-2005-4889

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
08/06/2010
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.4.2.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2\/a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2..4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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