fkie_cve-1999-1095
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
1997-10-06 04:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
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
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat linux 4.1
slackware slackware_linux 3.3


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  "id": "CVE-1999-1095",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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