CVE-2004-2768 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.jammed.com/ISN/2003/12/0056.html http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20031214.html https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=225692 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598775 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59428