CVE-1999-1498

published 1998-04-06

CVE-1999-1498: Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.

Priority P4 13 low 3.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A N

EXPLOIT

Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
slackware	slackware_linux	—	—

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