CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2002-0638

Published: Aug 12, 2002 | Modified: Oct 18, 2016
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.2 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mandrake_single_network_firewall Mandrakesoft 7.2 7.2

References