Security Advisory

CVE-2005-4889

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2010-06-08 18:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-08 00:01:23
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

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.