Unscored CVE-2001-0141 EUVD-2001-0141GHSA-xmp5-g5f6-23g3

mgetty 1.1.22 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations.

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

Description

mgetty 1.1.22 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack in some configurations.

References

20010110 Immunix OS Security update for lots of temp file problems mailing-list
CSSA-2001-002.0 vendor-advisory
DSA-011 vendor-advisory
MDKSA-2001:009 vendor-advisory
RHSA-2001:050 vendor-advisory
linux-mgetty-symlink(5918) vdb-entry
2187 vdb-entry