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CVE-1999-1498

Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.

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Slackware Linux 3.4 pkgtool allows local attacker to read and write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the reply file.

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Slackware	Slackware Linux	Version 3.4