Upstream information

CVE-2010-2198 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 610941 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1-LTSS rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-LTSS rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3-LTSS rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP1 rpm Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Business All-in-One 11 SP1 rpm Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 rpm Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 rpm Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 rpm Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 rpm Affected
SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 rpm Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 17:16:14 2013
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 2 15:25:18 2024