CVE-2000-0723 | BDVDB-2026-1399 Detail

Description#

Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier does not properly create /tmp directories, which allows local users to create empty system configuration files such as /etc/config.d/bashrc, /etc/config.d/csh.cshrc, and /etc/rc.config.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00%40the-village.bc.nu
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1596
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12000-09-21Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.