CVEvulnerability
CVE-2004-2768
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2010-06-08
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
dpkg 1.9.21 does not properly reset the metadata of a file during replacement of the file in a package upgrade, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid file, (2) setgid file, or (3) device, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059.
Affected configurations
• debian dpkg 1.9.21
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2003/12/0056.html Exploit
- http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20031214.html Exploit
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=225692 bugs.debian.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59428 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2003/12/0056.html Exploit
- http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20031214.html Exploit
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=225692 bugs.debian.org
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59428 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com