CVE-2010-2198: High severity rpm rpm vulnerability

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2010-2198 to the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2010-2198 URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-2198 Assigned: 20100608 Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20100602 Re: CVE Request -- rpm -- Fails to remove the SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade (RH BZ#598775) Reference: URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/02/3 Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20100603 Re: CVE Request -- rpm -- Fails to remove the SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade (RH BZ#598775) Reference: URL: http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=127559059928131&w=2 Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20100603 Re: CVE Request -- rpm -- Fails to remove the SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade (RH BZ#598775) Reference: URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/03/5 Reference: MLIST:[oss-security] 20100604 Re: CVE Request -- rpm -- Fails to remove the SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade (RH BZ#598775) Reference: URL: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/06/04/1 Reference: CONFIRM: http://rpm.org/gitweb?p=rpm.git;a=commit;h=4d172a194addc49851e558ea390d3045894e3230 Reference: CONFIRM: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/showbug.cgi?id=598775 Reference: OSVDB:65144 Reference: URL: http://www.osvdb.org/65144 Reference: SECUNIA:40028 Reference: URL: http://secunia.com/advisories/40028

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 gain privileges or bypass intended access restrictions by creating a hard link to a vulnerable file that has (1) POSIX file capabilities or (2) SELinux context information, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059.