Race Condition Affecting policyd-weight package, versions <0.1.14.17-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-POLICYDWEIGHT-5692439
  • published31 Mar 2008
  • disclosed31 Mar 2008

Introduced: 31 Mar 2008

CVE-2008-1570  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 policyd-weight to version 0.1.14.17-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream policyd-weight package and not the policyd-weight package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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