The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-0891 The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:01:40.093Z

Reserved: 2008-02-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-0884

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-04-04T00:44:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-0884

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-04-01T14:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-0884 - Bugzilla

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