CVE-1999-1091
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 12, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 31, 2001
Description
UNIX news readers tin and rtin create the /tmp/.tin_log file with insecure permissions and follow symlinks, which allows attackers to modify the permissions of files writable by the user via a symlink attack.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 19960903 [BUG] Vulnerability in TINmailing-list
- tin-tmpfile(431)vdb-entry
- 19960903 Re: BoS: [BUG] Vulnerability in TINmailing-list
- 19970329 symlink bug in tin/rtinmailing-list
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