rpm: fails to drop POSIX file capabilities on package upgrade or removal
Published Jun 8, 2010
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.4
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2\/a
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 1.4.7
- 2..4.10
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.3.10
- 2.2.3.11
- 2.2.4
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
- 2.2.7
- 2.2.8
- 2.2.9
- 2.2.10
- 2.2.11
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.3.4
- 2.3.5
- 2.3.6
- 2.3.7
- 2.3.8
- 2.3.9
- 2.4.1
- 2.4.2
- 2.4.3
- 2.4.4
- 2.4.5
- 2.4.6
- 2.4.8
- 2.4.9
- 2.4.11
- 2.4.12
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.5.2
- 2.5.3
- 2.5.4
- 2.5.5
- 2.5.6
- 2.6.7
- 3.0
- 3.0.1
- 3.0.2
- 3.0.3
- 3.0.4
- 3.0.5
- 3.0.6
- 4.0.
- 4.0.1
- 4.0.2
- 4.0.3
- 4.0.4
- 4.1
- 4.3.3
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.2.1
- 4.4.2.2
- 4.4.2.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. RPM as provided with Red Hat Enterprise 3, 4, and 5 do not support POSIX capabilities.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.38th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00048) | 12.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127559059928131&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d172a194addc49851e558ea390d3045894e3230 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40028 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/02/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/03/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/04/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.osvdb.org/65144 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2198 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601955 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2198
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2198
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127559059928131&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d172a194addc49851e558ea390d3045894e3230 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/40028 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/02/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/03/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/04/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/65144 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2198 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=601955 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2198 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2198 |
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