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CVE-2008-1570 Details

Description

Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.

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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29738	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41570	CVE
http://www.osvdb.org/43888	CVE
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214403	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29738	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-11.xml	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41570	[email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/43888	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-362	Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
policyd-weight policyd-weight	0.1.14_beta-14
CPE cpe:2.3:a:policyd-weight:policyd-weight:0.1.14_beta-14:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 1, 2008	Initial Analysis	[email protected]