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.

Threat-Mapped Scoring

Score: 0.0

Priority: Unclassified

EPSS

Score: 0.00085
Percentile: 0.25579

CVSS Scoring

Affected Products

• cpe:2.3:a:mandrakesoft:mandrake_single_network_firewall:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:hp:secure_os:1.0:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux_corporate_server:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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