aaa_base in SuSE Linux 6.3, and cron.daily in earlier versions, allow local users to delete arbitrary files by creating files whose names include spaces, which are then incorrectly interpreted by aaa_base when it deletes expired files from the /tmp directory.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2000-0292 aaa_base in SuSE Linux 6.3, and cron.daily in earlier versions, allow local users to delete arbitrary files by creating files whose names include spaces, which are then incorrectly interpreted by aaa_base when it deletes expired files from the /tmp directory.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:14:21.285Z

Reserved: 2000-04-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2000-0293

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2000-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-0293

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