PT-2002-2612 · Red Hat · Red Hat+1

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-1890

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 7.1 with rhmask versions 1.0 through 1.0-9

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the mask file.

Recommendations For Red Hat Linux 7.1 with rhmask versions 1.0 through 1.0-9, consider restricting access to the mask file to prevent a symlink attack until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1890

Affected Products

Red Hat

Rhmask

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1890 · Security Note
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276317 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/9335.php · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4984 · Note