PT-2000-1657 · Gnome · Go-Gnome Helix Gnome Pre-Installer

Published 2000-10-20 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2000-0724

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 go-gnome Helix GNOME pre-installer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on various files in /tmp, including uudecode, snarf, and some installer files.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0724

Affected Products

Go-Gnome Helix Gnome Pre-Installer

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0724 · Security Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0351.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0356.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1622 · Vendor Advisory