CVE-2011-1971: Undefined Security Weakness

The kernel in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly parse file metadata, which allows local users to cause a denial of service reboot via a crafted file, aka "Windows Kernel Metadata Parsing DOS Vulnerability."...

rpm: fails to drop SUID/SGID bits on package upgrade

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...

DEBIAN-CVE-2010-2199

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...

CVE-2010-2199

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...

CVE-2005-4889

lib/fsm.c in RPM before 4.4.3 does not properly reset the metadata of an executable file during deletion of the file in an RPM package removal, which might allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable 1 setuid or 2 setgid file, a related issue to CVE-2010-2059...

CVE-2004-2768

The CVE-2004-2768 entry concerns dpkg 1.9.21 where metadata for a file is not properly reset during package upgrades. This could let local attackers gain privileges by creating a hard link to a vulnerable (1) setuid, (2) setgid, or (3) device file; the issue is related to CVE-2010-2059. The initi...

CVE-2007-2539

CVE-2007-2539 affects RunCMS 1.5.2 and earlier, where the show_files function leads to information disclosure (revealing file existence and metadata) via unspecified vectors. The available sources describe this as a remote information disclosure vulnerability, but do not provide concrete exploit ...