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CVE-1999-1165

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2007-12-05	GNU finger vulnerability

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CVE-1999-1165 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-1999-1165
Phase	Proposed(20010912)

Description

GNU fingerd 1.37 does not properly drop privileges before accessing user information, which could allow local users to (1) gain root privileges via a malicious program in the .fingerrc file, or (2) read arbitrary files via symbolic links from .plan, .forward, or .project files.

References

Source	Reference
BUGTRAQ	19990721 old gnu finger bugs
BUGTRAQ	19950317 GNU finger 1.37 executes ~/.fingerrc with gid root
BID	535