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title: "CVE-2005-4889\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2005-4889

Publication date 8 June 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-4889?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| rpm | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

RPM isn't used as a package manager in Ubuntu

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4889)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4889)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2005-4889)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4889)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4889>