# CVE-2000-0864: Race condition in the creation of a Unix domain socket in GNOME esound 0.2.19 and earlier allows a local user to change the permissions of a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2001-01-22 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Race condition in the creation of a Unix domain socket in GNOME esound 0.2.19 and earlier allows a local user to change the permissions of arbitrary files and directories, and gain additional privileges, via a symlink attack.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1659
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5213
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0328.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001008
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-077.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/esound_daemon_race_condition.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-08/0365.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0118.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0095.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20212

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