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CVE-2002-1509 Details

Description

A patch for shadow-utils 20000902 causes the useradd command to create a mail spool files with read/write privileges of the new user's group (mode 660), which allows other users in the same group to read or modify the new user's incoming email.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418 CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:026 CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-057.html CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-058.html CVE
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75418 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
redhat linux
7.2
7.3
8.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-1509
NVD Published Date:
Mar 3, 2003
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2002-1509 Details - Not Deferred