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CVE-2001-0946

Severity Low
Score 3.6/10

Summary

apmscript in Apmd in Red Hat 7.2 "Enigma" allows local users to create or change the modification dates of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the LOW_POWER temporary file, which could be used to cause a denial of service, e.g. by creating /etc/nologin and disabling logins.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published