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Title: Red Hat Linux umb-scheme World Writable Vulnerability

Severity: LOW

Description:

According to an advisory released by Red Hat, the package umb-scheme contains files which have been inappropriately given world-writable permissions. The extent to which this might be exploited to gain privileges depends on whether or not root routinely runs the affected programs, file ownership, etc.

Affected Products:

  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 E alpha
  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 E i386
  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 E sparc
  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 alpha
  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 i386
  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 sparc
  • University of Massachusetts scheme 3.2.0 -11

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