CVE-2001-0912

CVE-2001-0912 affects Mandrake Linux 8.1 in the expect package (8.3.3). A packaging flaw causes expect to search libraries in /home/snailtalk before other directories, enabling a local user to gain root privileges. Mandrake issued MDKSA-2001:087 to address this.

CVE-2001-0912

Packaging error for expect 8.3.3 in Mandrake Linux 8.1 causes expect to search for its libraries in the /home/snailtalk directory before other directories, which could allow a local user to gain root privileges...