CVE-1999-1499

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

ISC BIND

First reported 26 years ago

1998-04-10 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:19:00

Affected Software

ISC BIND 4.9

4.9

ISC BIND 8.1

8.1

References

19980410 BIND 4.9.7 named follows symlinks, clobbers anything

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

80

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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