CVE

Id
5157  
CVE No.
CVE-2002-0767  
Status
Candidate  
Description
simpleinit on Linux systems does not close a read/write FIFO file descriptor before creating a child process, which allows the child process to cause simpleinit to execute arbitrary programs with root privileges.  
Phase
Proposed (20020726)  
Votes
NOOP(5) Armstrong, Cole, Cox, Foat, Wall  
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