Unscored CVE-2001-0117 EUVD-2001-0117GHSA-424f-vwfw-m7pm

sdiff 2.7 in the diffutils package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Published May 7, 2001 · Updated Aug 8, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

sdiff 2.7 in the diffutils package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

References

20010110 Immunix OS Security update for lots of temp file problems mailing-list
IMNX-2000-70-028-01 vendor-advisory
linux-diffutils-sdiff-symlink(5914) vdb-entry
2191 vdb-entry
VU#579928 third-party-advisory
MDKSA-2001:008-1 vendor-advisory
RHSA-2001:116 vendor-advisory