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CVE-2002-0638

Disclosure Date: August 12, 2002 •
CVE-2002-0638
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Description

setpwnam.c in the util-linux package, as included in Red Hat Linux 7.3 and earlier, and other operating systems, does not properly lock a temporary file when modifying /etc/passwd, which may allow local users to gain privileges via a complex race condition that uses an open file descriptor in utility programs such as chfn and chsh.

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Vendors

  • hp,
  • mandrakesoft,
  • redhat

Products

  • linux 6.0,
  • linux 6.1,
  • linux 6.2,
  • linux 7.0,
  • linux 7.1,
  • linux 7.2,
  • linux 7.3,
  • mandrake linux 7.0,
  • mandrake linux 7.1,
  • mandrake linux 7.2,
  • mandrake linux 8.0,
  • mandrake linux 8.1,
  • mandrake linux 8.2,
  • mandrake linux corporate server 1.0.1,
  • mandrake single network firewall 7.2,
  • secure os 1.0
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