CVE-2002-0824

Description

BSD pppd allows local users to change the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file that is specified as a tty device.

Affected products

• FreeBSD / point-to-point_protocol_daemon

References

• MISChttp://www.openbsd.org/errata31.html
• MISChttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9738.php
• VENDOR_ADVISORYftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-010.txt.asc
• MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102812546815606&w=2
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5355