CVE-2007-5194 (GCVE-0-2007-5194)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-10-04 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:24
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Summary
The Chroot server in rMake 1.0.11 creates a /dev/zero device file with read/write permissions for the rMake user and the same minor device number as /dev/port, which might allow local users to gain root privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RMK-634 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25899 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/27030 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194550 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481395/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2007-10-04 00:00
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