CVE-1999-1095
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-09-12 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:02
Severity ?
Summary
sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87619953510834&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88886870129518&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88890116304676&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87619953510834&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88886870129518&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88890116304676&w=2
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