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ghsa-mgmg-j29c-p5ff

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-04-30 18:11

Modified

2022-04-30 18:11

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-mgmg-j29c-p5ff",
  "modified": "2022-04-30T18:11:56Z",
  "published": "2022-04-30T18:11:56Z",
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CVE-1999-1165 (GCVE-0-1999-1165)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2001-09-12 04:00

Modified

2024-08-01 17:02

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

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.

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	http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93268249021561&w=2	mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/2478	mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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