Vulnerability in Rpm

CVE-2010-2199

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 bypass intended access restrictions by creating a hard link to a vulnerable file that has a POSIX ACL, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059.

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Rpm — versions 4.0.2, 2.5.1, 4.0.3
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References