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CVE-2000-0691

Published: Oct 20, 2000 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0691
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The faxrunq and faxrunqd in the mgetty package allows local users to create or modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack which creates a symlink in from /var/spool/fax/outgoing/.last_run to the target file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
MgettyGert_doering1.1.19 (including)1.1.19 (including)
MgettyGert_doering1.1.20 (including)1.1.20 (including)
MgettyGert_doering1.1.21 (including)1.1.21 (including)

References

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