PT-2000-1648 · Red Hat · Red Hat

Published 2000-10-20 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0715

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Linux version 6.2

Description A issue in the DiskCheck script diskcheck.pl allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Recommendations For Red Hat Linux version 6.2, consider restricting access to the diskcheck.pl script until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the diskcheck.pl script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0715

Affected Products

Red Hat

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1552 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0715 · Security Note
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Jun/0298.html · Note
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0096.html · Note
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2000/Aug/0082.html · Note