CVE-2002-0767 Information

Description

simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.

Reference

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276739 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9357.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5001