CVE-2005-3321 Race condition in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 27 Oct 2005 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit a race condition in chkstat to weaken file permissions via hardlinks, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2005-3321?

CVE-2005-3321 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Suse Suse Linux, published on 27 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which can cause the link count to drop to 1 when the file is deleted or replaced, which is then modified by chkstat to use weaker permissions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3321?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Novell Suse Linux, Suse Suse Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2005-3321?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-3321 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2005-3321 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3321 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-cr2w-jqc8-qg2m.