FKIE_CVE-1999-1102

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1999-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
lpr on SunOS 4.1.1, BSD 4.3, A/UX 2.0.1, and other BSD-based operating systems allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack that is triggered after invoking lpr 1000 times.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lprExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/e-25.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.aenigma.net/resources/maillist/bugtraq/1994/0091.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.phreak.org/archives/security/8lgm/8lgm.lprExploit, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sgi irix *
apple a_ux 2.0.1
bsd bsd 4.3
sun sunos *
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