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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2010-2198)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-26 (RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in RPM:
      fsm.c fails to properly strip setuid and setgid bits from executable         files during a package upgrade (CVE-2010-2059).
      RPM does not properly parse spec files (CVE-2010-2197).
      fsm.c fails to properly strip POSIX file capabilities from executable         files during a package upgrade or removal (CVE-2010-2198).
      fsm.c fails to properly strip POSIX ACLs from executable files during         a package upgrade or removal (CVE-2010-2199).
      header.c does not properly parse region offsets in package files         (CVE-2011-3378).
      RPM does not properly sanitize region tags in package headers         (CVE-2012-0060).
      RPM does not properly sanitize region sizes in package headers         (CVE-2012-0061).
      RPM does not properly sanitize region offsets in package         headers(CVE-2012-0815).
  Impact :

    A local attacker may be able to gain elevated privileges. Furthermore, a       remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted RPM       package, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

- Wed Jun 30 2010 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com>
    - 4.8.1-2

    - plug a tiny race on sbit/capability removal

    - Mon Jun 14 2010 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at       redhat.com> - 4.8.1-1

    - update to 4.8.1 (http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.8.1)

    - drop no longer needed patches

    - fix source url pointing to testing directory

    - fixes CVE-2010-2059 / #598934

    - fixes #532992, #578299, #587755, #590588, #593553,       #597835, #598988

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

- Wed Jun 30 2010 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at redhat.com>
    - 4.7.2-2

    - Fix CVE-2010-2059 (#598775) and CVE-2010-2198       (#601955)

    - Tue Dec 8 2009 Panu Matilainen <pmatilai at       redhat.com> - 4.7.2-1

    - update to 4.7.2 (http://rpm.org/wiki/Releases/4.7.2)

    - fix posix chmod test to unbreak %fixperms macro       (#543035)

    - avoid looking into OpenPGP subkeys (#436812)

    - dont fail build on unrecognized non-executable files       (#532489)

    - fix password check result when gpg is missing       (#496754)

    - permit python to handle 64bit integer types from       headers

    - all header integer types are unsigned, match this in       python too

    - return python long objects where ints are not       sufficient (#531243)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
254313	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2010-2198	Nessus	Misc.	high
59679	GLSA-201206-26 : RPM: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
47676	Fedora 13 : rpm-4.8.1-2.fc13 (2010-9829)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
47611	Fedora 12 : rpm-4.7.2-2.fc12 (2010-10617)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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