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CVE-1999-1095

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 obse…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
RedhatLinux
Version 4.1
SlackwareSlackware Linux
Version 3.3

References