RHSA-2003:016

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2003-02-20 18:37 - Updated: 2025-11-21 17:25
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: fileutils security update

Notes

Topic
Updated fileutils packages are available which fix a race condition in recursive remove and move commands.
Details
The fileutils package includes a number of GNU versions of common and popular file management utilities. A race condition in recursive use of rm and mv commands in fileutils 4.1 and earlier could allow local users to delete files and directories as the user running fileutils if the user has write access to part of the tree being moved or deleted. In addition, a bug in the way that the chown command parses --from options has also been fixed in these packages, bringing the command into Linux Standard Base (LSB) compliance. Users of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server should install the upgraded fileutils packages which contain patches to correct these issues.
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