Red Hat Linux 7.1 sets insecure permissions on swap files created during installation, which can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges by reading sensitive information from the swap file, such as passwords.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2002-03-01T10:00:00

Reserved: 2001-07-27T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2001-0635

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-08-14T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:48.953


Link: CVE-2001-0635

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