CVE-2008-1570

Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.9 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-03-31

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected products

• Policyd-weight (Policyd-weight)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29738
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
• http://www.osvdb.org/43888
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41570