GSD-1999-1095

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases

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