VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1499

CVSS score2.1 LOW
EPSS probability0.69%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1998-04-10
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

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.

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