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CVE-2001-0117

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

sdiff 2.7 in the diffutils package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Immunix: 7.0_beta
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 1.0.1
• RedHat Linux: 7.0
• Trustix Secure Linux: 1.1, 1.2

References

• http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2000-70-028-01
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97916374410647&w=2
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/579928
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-008.php3
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-116.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2191
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5914
• http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2000-70-028-01
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97916374410647&w=2
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/579928
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-008.php3
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-116.html

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