CVE-2002-0638

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2002-07-29
Bugzilla:
1616783: CVE-2002-0638 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

setpwnam.c in the util-linux package, as included in Red Hat Linux 7.3 and earlier, and other operating systems, does not properly lock a temporary file when modifying /etc/passwd, which may allow local users to gain privileges via a complex race condition that uses an open file descriptor in utility programs such as chfn and chsh.

Find out more about CVE-2002-0638 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 7.1 RHSA-2002:132 2002-07-29
Red Hat Linux 6.2 RHSA-2002:132 2002-07-29
Red Hat Linux 7.0 RHSA-2002:132 2002-07-29
Red Hat Linux 7.3 RHSA-2002:132 2002-07-29
Red Hat Linux 7.2 RHSA-2002:132 2002-07-29
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2002:137 2002-07-29

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