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CVE-2002-0824 (GCVE-0-2002-0824)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 03:03
VLAI
Summary
BSD pppd allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file that is specified as a tty device.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSD
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisori… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2002-07-31 00:00
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