Vulnerability in Caldera Openlinux

CVE-1999-0434

XFree86 xfs command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Caldera Openlinux — versions 1.2
Netbsd — versions 1.3.3
Debian Debian_linux — versions 2.0, 2.1
Redhat Linux — versions 5.1
Suse Suse_linux — versions 5.3
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)