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CVE-2010-2198

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 4.8.0 and earlier does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during replacement of the file in an RPM package upgrade or deletion of the file in an RPM package removal, which might allow local users to gain privileges or bypass intended access restrictions by creating a hard link to a vulnerable file that has (1) POSIX file capabilities or (2) SELinux context information, 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: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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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