CVE-2008-1570 - CVE Reference - Advisories

CVE Reference: CVE-2008-1570

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Description: 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.

CVE Status: Candidate

References: XF http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41570 SAID Secunia Advisory: SA29738 OSVDB 43888 GENTOO http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml CONFIRM

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