CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-0165

Published: Apr 03, 2002 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

7.2 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0165
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

LogWatch 2.5 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0162.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Logwatch	Logwatch	2.5 (including)	2.5 (including)
Red Hat Linux 7.2	RedHat		*
Red Hat Powertools 6.2	RedHat		*
Red Hat Powertools 7.0	RedHat		*
Red Hat Powertools 7.1	RedHat		*

References

http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000003.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=101787227513000\u0026w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php
http://list.kaybee.org/archives/logwatch-announce/2002-March/000003.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=101787227513000\u0026w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8652.php

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