Description
Race condition in the creation of a Unix domain socket in GNOME esound 0.2.19 and earlier allows a local user to change the permissions of arbitrary files and directories, and gain additional privileges, via a symlink attack.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.2/10
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0095.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0328.htm
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0118.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0365.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001008
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/esound_daemon_race_condition.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-077.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1659Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5213
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0095.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0328.htm
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0118.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0365.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001008
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/esound_daemon_race_condition.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-077.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1659Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5213
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 14, 2000
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified