CVE-2002-0435

Description

Race condition in the recursive (1) directory deletion and (2) directory move in GNU File Utilities (fileutils) 4.1 and earlier allows local users to delete directories as the user running fileutils by moving a low-level directory to a higher level as it is being deleted, which causes fileutils to chdir to a ".." directory that is higher than expected, possibly up to the root file system.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4266

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/260936

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-016.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-015.html

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-031.php

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8432.php

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-fileutils/2002-03/msg00028.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3