PT-2000-1655 · Helix Gnome · Helix-Update

Published 2000-10-20 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2000-0722

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Helix GNOME Updater helix-update version 0.5 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to install arbitrary RPM packages by creating the /tmp/helix-install installation directory before root has begun installing packages.

Recommendations For helix-update version 0.5 and earlier, consider restricting access to the /tmp/helix-install directory to prevent unauthorized installation of RPM packages until a fix is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0722

Affected Products

Helix-Update

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1593 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0722 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0240.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00%40the-village.bc.nu · Note