World-writable permissions in gofer before 0.68 allow local users to cause denial of service

World-writable permissions in gofer before 0.68 allow local users to cause denial of service

CVE-2012-5628 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

gofer before 0.68 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing journal entries.

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