Description
rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.
References
- 31385 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-7667 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458504
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458652
- initscripts-rcsysinit-symlink(45402) vdb-entry
- 32710 third-party-advisory
- 32037 third-party-advisory
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2857
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0318