CVE-2000-0723 Information

Description

Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier does not properly create /tmp directories which allows local users to create empty system configuration files such as /etc/config.d/bashrc /etc/config.d/csh.cshrc and /etc/rc.config.

Reference

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1596 http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00@the-village.bc.nu