Issued:
2010-09-07
Updated:
2010-09-07

RHSA-2010:0679 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: rpm security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Updated rpm packages that fix one security issue and one bug are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

Description

The RPM Package Manager (RPM) is a command line driven package management
system capable of installing, uninstalling, verifying, querying, and
updating software packages.

It was discovered that RPM did not remove setuid and setgid bits set on
binaries when upgrading packages. A local attacker able to create hard
links to binaries could use this flaw to keep those binaries on the system,
at a specific version level and with the setuid or setgid bit set, even if
the package providing them was upgraded by a system administrator. This
could have security implications if a package was upgraded because of a
security flaw in a setuid or setgid program. (CVE-2010-2059)

This update also fixes the following bug:

  • A memory leak in the communication between RPM and the Security-Enhanced
    Linux (SELinux) subsystem, which could have caused extensive memory
    consumption. In reported cases, this issue was triggered by running
    rhn_check when errata were scheduled to be applied. (BZ#627630)

All users of rpm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 598775 - CVE-2010-2059 rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade
  • BZ - 627630 - rpm: selinux context initialization memory leak

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
x86_64
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c879318615763f9ad0479f4e5a003b44c133d05e7ffcac8f26917d6fc036ede7
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ac0dcec6fcf4ecbbfa82e3b3a69fd67047929336dbd71835c15f0e1b2ae5a8a
rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1e97c9bd27608178bf5e66af4ff54bf33b3c373cea6edeffbfabc24714126ce
rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c87dbc0f47acf3bad9942d5b0de6a4a087580278dc5043a96eb590cb8ea834c5
rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fc9157d2492b2611dd9a6bd5601226a7e0f915106b1d74fbe5855939ec893afa
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: fe7278b4820f01e3f8ac45ed93dd06f16773c9f59c2a023a3a354c008e6bb24d
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd521d09467339619672fce5561a30fe95e569e7d445f630fb1531def20042a5
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1baf45c607050ef89f147565717aeb8b91b691ca1dff344ef6464e45a9f9d1c0
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 344065896b9e1444563827810cf1e881cfd6acf7abcfc9cc1676a69864679eba
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e75b19a27f2dab2ad6fbc31f7b09dd7b6d9adc4dd5f96ef0ae4449014d27efe
i386
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c879318615763f9ad0479f4e5a003b44c133d05e7ffcac8f26917d6fc036ede7
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: fe7278b4820f01e3f8ac45ed93dd06f16773c9f59c2a023a3a354c008e6bb24d
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1baf45c607050ef89f147565717aeb8b91b691ca1dff344ef6464e45a9f9d1c0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
x86_64
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c879318615763f9ad0479f4e5a003b44c133d05e7ffcac8f26917d6fc036ede7
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ac0dcec6fcf4ecbbfa82e3b3a69fd67047929336dbd71835c15f0e1b2ae5a8a
rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1e97c9bd27608178bf5e66af4ff54bf33b3c373cea6edeffbfabc24714126ce
rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c87dbc0f47acf3bad9942d5b0de6a4a087580278dc5043a96eb590cb8ea834c5
rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fc9157d2492b2611dd9a6bd5601226a7e0f915106b1d74fbe5855939ec893afa
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: fe7278b4820f01e3f8ac45ed93dd06f16773c9f59c2a023a3a354c008e6bb24d
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd521d09467339619672fce5561a30fe95e569e7d445f630fb1531def20042a5
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1baf45c607050ef89f147565717aeb8b91b691ca1dff344ef6464e45a9f9d1c0
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 344065896b9e1444563827810cf1e881cfd6acf7abcfc9cc1676a69864679eba
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e75b19a27f2dab2ad6fbc31f7b09dd7b6d9adc4dd5f96ef0ae4449014d27efe
i386
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c879318615763f9ad0479f4e5a003b44c133d05e7ffcac8f26917d6fc036ede7
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: fe7278b4820f01e3f8ac45ed93dd06f16773c9f59c2a023a3a354c008e6bb24d
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1baf45c607050ef89f147565717aeb8b91b691ca1dff344ef6464e45a9f9d1c0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
x86_64
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c879318615763f9ad0479f4e5a003b44c133d05e7ffcac8f26917d6fc036ede7
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ac0dcec6fcf4ecbbfa82e3b3a69fd67047929336dbd71835c15f0e1b2ae5a8a
rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1e97c9bd27608178bf5e66af4ff54bf33b3c373cea6edeffbfabc24714126ce
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1baf45c607050ef89f147565717aeb8b91b691ca1dff344ef6464e45a9f9d1c0
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 344065896b9e1444563827810cf1e881cfd6acf7abcfc9cc1676a69864679eba
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e75b19a27f2dab2ad6fbc31f7b09dd7b6d9adc4dd5f96ef0ae4449014d27efe
i386
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c879318615763f9ad0479f4e5a003b44c133d05e7ffcac8f26917d6fc036ede7
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1baf45c607050ef89f147565717aeb8b91b691ca1dff344ef6464e45a9f9d1c0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
x86_64
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c879318615763f9ad0479f4e5a003b44c133d05e7ffcac8f26917d6fc036ede7
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5ac0dcec6fcf4ecbbfa82e3b3a69fd67047929336dbd71835c15f0e1b2ae5a8a
rpm-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c1e97c9bd27608178bf5e66af4ff54bf33b3c373cea6edeffbfabc24714126ce
rpm-apidocs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c87dbc0f47acf3bad9942d5b0de6a4a087580278dc5043a96eb590cb8ea834c5
rpm-build-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: fc9157d2492b2611dd9a6bd5601226a7e0f915106b1d74fbe5855939ec893afa
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: fe7278b4820f01e3f8ac45ed93dd06f16773c9f59c2a023a3a354c008e6bb24d
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bd521d09467339619672fce5561a30fe95e569e7d445f630fb1531def20042a5
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1baf45c607050ef89f147565717aeb8b91b691ca1dff344ef6464e45a9f9d1c0
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 344065896b9e1444563827810cf1e881cfd6acf7abcfc9cc1676a69864679eba
rpm-python-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 7e75b19a27f2dab2ad6fbc31f7b09dd7b6d9adc4dd5f96ef0ae4449014d27efe
i386
popt-1.10.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: c879318615763f9ad0479f4e5a003b44c133d05e7ffcac8f26917d6fc036ede7
rpm-devel-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: fe7278b4820f01e3f8ac45ed93dd06f16773c9f59c2a023a3a354c008e6bb24d
rpm-libs-4.4.2.3-20.el5_5.1.i386.rpm SHA-256: 1baf45c607050ef89f147565717aeb8b91b691ca1dff344ef6464e45a9f9d1c0

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