PT-1999-1882 · Debian · Debian

Published 1999-12-02 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2000-0366

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 Debian GNU/Linux version 2.1

Description The issue is related to the dump utility in Debian GNU/Linux, which does not properly restore symlinks. This allows a local user to modify the ownership of arbitrary files.

Recommendations For Debian GNU/Linux version 2.1, update the dump utility to a version that properly restores symlinks to prevent local users from modifying the ownership of arbitrary files.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0366

Affected Products

Debian

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0366 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1442 · Note
• http://debian.org/security/1999/19991202 · Note