CVE-2001-0117

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0117
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-03-12 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionsdiff 2.7 in the diffutils package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Immunix Immunix 7.0_beta All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 1.0.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 1.1 All All All
Operating System Trustix Secure Linux 1.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2000-70-028-01 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 download.immunix.org
sdiff /tmp File Race Condition Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'Immunix OS Security update for lots of temp file problems' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CERT/CC Vulnerability Note VU#579928 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-008.php3 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Patch
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