{"id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1570","details":"Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs.  NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.","modified":"2026-09-20T06:47:35.989579894Z","published":"2008-03-31T22:44:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2008-1570"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1570"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"policyd-weight","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/policyd-weight?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.1.14.17-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1570.json"}},{"package":{"name":"policyd-weight","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/policyd-weight?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.1.14.17-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"low"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-1570.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}