CVE-2001-0635 Information

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.

Reference

http://www.osvdb.org/5564 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-058.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6493