RPM up to 2.0.10 Access Restriction lib/fsm.c access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in RPM up to 2.0.10. Affected is an unknown function in the library lib/fsm.c of the component Access Restriction. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-2199. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in RPM up to 2.0.10 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block in the library lib/fsm.c of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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 bypass intended access restrictions by creating a hard link to a vulnerable file that has a POSIX ACL, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059.

The weakness was disclosed 06/08/2010 as Bug 125517 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-2199 since 06/08/2010. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49180 (CentOS 4 : rpm (CESA-2010:0678)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (59416) and Tenable (49180). The entry VDB-5596 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 49180
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 : rpm (CESA-2010:0678)
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OpenVAS ID: 71552
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201206-26 (RPM)
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 125517
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-2199 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2199
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53492
X-Force: 59416 - RPM fsm.c security bypass
SecurityFocus: 40512

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/14/2021 23:55
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (55), 01/02/2018 09:51 (6), 09/14/2021 23:55 (4)
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