CVE-2001-0117

Severity

12%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

48%

sdiff 2.7 in the diffutils package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

sdiff 2.7 in the diffutils package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 1.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-03-12 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 6.0

6.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 6.1

6.1

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.0

7.0

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.1

7.1

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux 7.2

7.2

MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 1.0.1

1.0.1

Red Hat Linux 7.0

7.0

Trustix Secure Linux 1.1

1.1

Trustix Secure Linux 1.2

1.2

References

IMNX-2000-70-028-01

20010110 Immunix OS Security update for lots of temp file problems

VU#579928

US Government Resource

MDKSA-2001:008-1

Patch

RHSA-2001:116

2191

Patch, Vendor Advisory

linux-diffutils-sdiff-symlink(5914)

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