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CVE-2004-2611

The Change Permissions function in the Sophster suite before 0.9.6 28 May 2004 (aka 0.9.6-r5), possibly including Sophster, FreeSophster, and FreeSophsterPAM, …

Impact

The Change Permissions function in the Sophster suite before 0.9.6 28 May 2004 (aka 0.9.6-r5), possibly including Sophster, FreeSophster, and FreeSophsterPAM, removes the (1) setuid, (2) setgid, and (3) sticky bits when changing a file, which might allow attackers to gain privileges or conduct other unauthorized activities.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Steven SchaeferSophster
Versions 0.9.5_r8, 0.9.5_r10, 0.9.5_r12, 0.9.5_r15, 0.9.6_r1, 0.9.6_r2

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