PT-2002-1087 · Unix · Tin+1

Published 2002-01-15 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1091

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions UNIX news readers tin and rtin (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows attackers to modify the permissions of files writable by the user via a symlink attack, as the /tmp/.tin log file is created with insecure permissions and follows symlinks.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1091

Affected Products

Rtin

Tin

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1091 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419835&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420726&w=2 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/431 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167419839&w=2 · Note