CVE-2002-0435
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Apr 2, 2003
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 7, 2002
Description
Race condition in the recursive (1) directory deletion and (2) directory move in GNU File Utilities (fileutils) 4.1 and earlier allows local users to delete directories as the user running fileutils by moving a low-level directory to a higher level as it is being deleted, which causes fileutils to chdir to a ".." directory that is higher than expected, possibly up to the root file system.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2003:016vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2002:031vendor-advisory
- http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2002-03/msg00028.html
- RHSA-2003:015vendor-advisory
- 4266vdb-entry
- 20020310 GNU fileutils - recursive directory removal race conditionmailing-list
- gnu-fileutils-race-condition(8432)vdb-entry
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