Vulnerability in Isc Bind

CVE-1999-1499

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.

EPSS: 0.007 (49.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Isc Bind — versions 4.9, 8.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
  • cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)