CVE-2008-1570 (GCVE-0-2008-1570)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-03-31 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:24
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Summary
Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/29738 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.osvdb.org/43888 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2008-03-28 00:00
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