CVE

Id
2374  
CVE No.
CVE-2000-0798  
Status
Candidate  
Description
The truncate function in IRIX 6.x does not properly check for privileges when the file is in the xfs file system, which allows local users to delete the contents of arbitrary files.  
Phase
Modified (20060626)  
Votes
ACCEPT(3) Baker, Levy, Williams | NOOP(3) Christey, Cole, Wall  
Comments
Christey> XF:irix-xfs-truncate | http://xforce.iss.net/static/5011.php | Christey> XF:sgi-xfs(2110) ? | SGI:19970102-01-PX ? | Christey> Consulting SGI on this... the relationship is pretty close.