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CVE-2008-0732 (GCVE-0-2008-0732)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-02-12 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:20
VLAI
Summary
The init script for Apache Geronimo on SUSE Linux follows symlinks when performing a chown operation, which might allow local users to obtain access to unspecified files or directories.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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