PT-2010-1220 · Debian · Dpkg

Matt Mccutchen · Published 2010-06-08 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2004-2768

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions dpkg version 1.9.21

Description The issue is related to the replacement of files during package upgrades, where the metadata of a file is not properly reset. This could potentially allow local users to gain privileges by creating a hard link to a setuid file, setgid file, or device.

Recommendations For dpkg version 1.9.21, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent potential privilege escalation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2768

Affected Products

Dpkg

References · 9

• 🔥 http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2003/12/0056.html · Exploit
• 🔥 http://hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20031214.html · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2768 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-2768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-2768 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59428 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775 · Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=225692 · Note