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title: "CVE-2010-2199\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-2199

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 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2199?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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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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

not used as package manager in Ubuntu

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2199)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2199)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-2199)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2199)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2199>