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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-08T02:56:38.516Z
Reserved: 2002-06-27T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2002-0638
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2016-10-18T02:20:54.640
Link: CVE-2002-0638
Redhat