FKIE_CVE-2008-1570

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-03-31 22:44 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
Severity
Summary
Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/29738
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/43888
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41570
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29738
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/43888
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41570
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
policyd-weight policyd-weight 0.1.14_beta-14
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