CVE-2001-0635

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.

Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 23 years ago

2001-08-14 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Linux 7.1

7.1

References

5564

RHSA-2001:058

Patch, Vendor Advisory

mount-swap-world-readable(6493)

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