Bug 1616783 (CVE-2002-0638) - CVE-2002-0638 security flaw
Summary: CVE-2002-0638 security flaw
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: CVE-2002-0638
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2018-08-16 01:51 UTC by Stephen Herr
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:48 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-08-16 01:51:19 UTC
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Description Stephen Herr 2018-08-16 01:51:11 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 17:22:35 UTC 
MITRE description:

setpwnam.c in the util-linux package, as included in Red Hat Linux 7.3 and earlier, and other operating systems, does not properly lock a temporary file when modifying /etc/passwd, which may allow local users to gain privileges via a complex race condition that uses an open file descriptor in utility programs such as chfn and chsh.
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