SuSE MkDir Error Handling rctab Race Condition Vulnerability

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SuSE MkDir Error Handling rctab Race Condition Vulnerability

Solution:
This solution was supplied by Roman Drahtmueller <draht@suse.de> of SuSE Security:

Solution for the problem: remove the only occurrence of the string "-p " in the file /sbin/rctab. Change the line

mkdir -p ${tmpdir}
to read
mkdir ${tmpdir}