CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4889

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the lib/fsm.c file in RPM before version 4.4.3, the metadata of an executable file is not properly reset during package removal, which may allow a local user to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable setuid or setgid file.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces a risk of privilege escalation by local users who could exploit this vulnerability to access protected resources.

Recommendation

Immediately update RPM to version 4.4.3 or later, which includes a fix that resets file metadata during package removal.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS