CVE-2019-17365

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 9, 2019
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Oct 9, 2019

Description

Nix through 2.3 allows local users to gain access to an arbitrary user's account because the parent directory of the user-profile directories is world writable.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/09/4
[oss-security] 20191010 Re: CVE-2019-17365: Nix per-user profile directory hijackmailing-list
[oss-security] 20191017 CVE-2019-18192: Insecure permissions on Guix profile directorymailing-list

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