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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHSA-2010:0678-01 Moderate RPM Security Update

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Calendar Grey September 7, 2010
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Debian Linux repository security patch resolves vulnerabilities in software installation that may compromise system stability.
Updated rpm packages that fix two security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

Summary

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command line driven package management system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and updating software packages.
It was discovered that RPM did not remove setuid and setgid bits set on binaries when upgrading or removing packages. A local attacker able to create hard links to binaries could use this flaw to keep those binaries on the system, at a specific version level and with the setuid or setgid bit set, even if the package providing them was upgraded or removed by a system administrator. This could have security implications if a package was upgraded or removed because of a security flaw in a setuid or setgid program. (CVE-2005-4889, CVE-2010-2059)
All users of rpm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat package management setuid issue RPM

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-4889 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2059 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:
Source:
i386: popt-1.9.1-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm rpm-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm rpm-build-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm rpm-devel-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm rpm-libs-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm rpm-python-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
ia64: popt-1.9.1-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm popt-1.9.1-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm rpm-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm rpm-build-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm rpm-devel-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm rpm-libs-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.i386.rpm rpm-libs-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm rpm-python-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ia64.rpm
ppc: popt-1.9.1-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm popt-1.9.1-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm rpm-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm rpm-build-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm rpm-debuginfo-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm rpm-devel-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm rpm-libs-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm rpm-libs-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc64.rpm rpm-python-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.ppc.rpm
s390: popt-1.9.1-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.s390.rpm rpm-4.3.3-33_nonptl.el4_8.1.s390.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2010:0678-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0678.html
Issue date: 2010-09-07

Topic

Updated rpm packages that fix two security issues are now available for RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat package management setuid issue RPM

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

598775 - CVE-2010-2059 rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade

625756 - CVE-2005-4889 rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package removal

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