| Package: | frugalwareutils |
| Date: | 2008-05-05 |
| Vulnerable version: | 0.7.9-1 |
| Unaffected version: | 0.7.9-2kalgan1 |
| Bug tracker entry: | http://bugs.frugalware.org/task/3052 |
| CVEs: | There is no CVE for this issue. |
| Description: | A vulnerability has been reported in frugalwareutils, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS on a vulnerable system. The vulnerability is caused due to creating new files as root without checking the current value of umask. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. |
