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CVE-2002-0638
published 2002-08-12

CVE-2002-0638: 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…

medium6.2CVSS 3.1
AVLACHAuNCCICAC
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

16 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
hpsecure_os
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux_corporate_server
mandrakesoftmandrake_single_network_firewall
redhatlinux
redhatlinux
redhatlinux
redhatlinux
redhatlinux
redhatlinux
redhatlinux