CVE-2001-1175

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2001-07-12
Bugzilla:
1616650: CVE-2001-1175 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

vipw in the util-linux package before 2.10 causes /etc/shadow to be world-readable in some cases, which would make it easier for local users to perform brute force password guessing.

Find out more about CVE-2001-1175 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2001:095 2001-07-16
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2001:132 2001-10-16
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2001:132 2001-10-16

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