CVE-1999-1499
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-09-12 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:18
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used.
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| cve@mitre.org | http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8966 | Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| cve@mitre.org | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80 | Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory |
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