CVE-2000-0723
N/A
Published: September 21, 2000 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGnome Installer
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Helix GNOME Updater helix-update 0.5 and earlier does not properly create /tmp directories, which allows local users to create empty system configuration files such as /etc/config.d/bashrc, /etc/config.d/csh.cshrc, and /etc/rc.config.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-08/0251.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1596Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=E13QAYl-0007il-00%40the-village.bc.nuQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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