PT-1998-1220 · Gnu · Gcc

Published 1998-01-02 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1439

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gcc version 2.7.2

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary .i, .s, or .o files.

Recommendations For gcc version 2.7.2, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1439

Affected Products

Gcc

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1439 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88524071002939&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/146 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88419592307388&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88492937727193&w=2 · Note