Bug 1616605 (CVE-2001-0635) - CVE-2001-0635 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2001-0635 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2001-0635
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2018-08-16 01:18 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:47 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 01:19:05 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 01:18:58 UTC 
Flaw bug created to hold information about an old flaw we knew something about. For more details see the MITRE CVE description.
Comment 1 Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 17:10:06 UTC 
MITRE description:

Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.
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