CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-1565
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Man2html 2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Affected configurations
• earl hood man2html (<= 2.1)
• debian debian linux 4.0
References
- http://www.osvdb.org/6291 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/24784 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/6291 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/24784 Patch, Vendor Advisory