Detections
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CVE-2005-4889
high
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.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59426
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=125517
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:180
http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/mirrors/rpm/files/rpm/rpm-4.4/rpm-4.4.3.tar.gz