CVE-2002-1914 — Improper Locking in Dump

CWE-667 — Improper LockingCWE-412 — Unrestricted Externally Accessible Lock8 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.49%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Dump Project DumpDebian Dump
Timeline
PublishedDec 31
Latest updateApr 30

Description

dump 0.4 b10 through b29 allows local users to cause a denial of service (execution prevention) by using flock() to lock the /etc/dumpdates file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/dump< dump 0.4b31-1 (bookworm)
▶Debiandump_project/dump< 0.4b31-1+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-xmv4-4p35-4553: dump 0↗2022-04-30
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OSV
CVE-2002-1914: dump 0↗2002-12-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
security flaw↗2002-07-17
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Debian
CVE-2002-1914: dump - dump 0.4 b10 through b29 allows local users to cause a denial of service (execut...↗2002
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📐Framework References

2
CWE
Improper Locking↗
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CWE
Unrestricted Externally Accessible Lock↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2002-1914 security flaw↗2018-08-16
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