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FKIE_CVE-2002-0211

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2002-05-16 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 21:57
Severity
Summary
Race condition in the installation script for Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.01 through 3.20 creates a world-writeable temporary "gunzip" program before executing it, which could allow local users to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the program before it is executed.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101208650722179&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265845Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7996.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3966
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.tarantella.com/security/bulletin-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=101208650722179&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/265845Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7996.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3966
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.tarantella.com/security/bulletin-04.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory, URL Repurposed
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.0
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.0.1
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.10
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.11
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.3.20
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