GnuPG Group Root File Corruption Vulnerability
BID:8228
Info
GnuPG Group Root File Corruption Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 8228 |
| Class: | Configuration Error |
| CVE: | |
| Remote: | No |
| Local: | Yes |
| Published: | Jul 19 2003 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Jul 19 2003 12:00AM |
| Credit: | This issue was reported in a Gentoo advisory. |
| Vulnerable: |
GNU GNU Privacy Guard 1.2.2 -r1 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
GnuPG Group Root File Corruption Vulnerability
gnupg is reported to be prone to an issue that could permit a malicious local user to corrupt files owned by the root group. This may potentially be exploited to corrupt critical or sensitive files for a denial of service. The possibility of privilege escalation also exists.
This issue was reported on Gentoo Linux. It is unknown if other distributions are prone to the same issue.
gnupg is reported to be prone to an issue that could permit a malicious local user to corrupt files owned by the root group. This may potentially be exploited to corrupt critical or sensitive files for a denial of service. The possibility of privilege escalation also exists.
This issue was reported on Gentoo Linux. It is unknown if other distributions are prone to the same issue.