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title: "CVE-2010-2059\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2059

Publication date 8 June 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Negligible**

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

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## Description

lib/fsm.c in RPM 4.8.0 and unspecified 4.7.x and 4.6.x versions, and RPM
before 4.4.3, does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file
during replacement of the file in an RPM package upgrade, which might allow
local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1)
setuid or (2) setgid file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2059?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| rpm | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 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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## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2059)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2059)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2059)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2059)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2059>