Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : linuxconf (MDKSA-2001:011)

WireX discovered a potential temporary file race problem in the vpop3d program in the linuxconf package. This update corrects the problem. %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Adviso...

CVE-2001-0143

The CVE-2001-0143 issue affects the vpop3d component in the linuxconf package (versions 1.23r and earlier). The root cause is a temporary file race (symlink attack) that local users can exploit to overwrite arbitrary files. Public references in the Mandrake advisory MDKSA-2001:011 confirm the vul...