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.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8966 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
History

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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2003-05-08T09:00:00

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00


Link: CVE-1999-1499

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 1998-04-10T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T20:19:40.287


Link: CVE-1999-1499

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cve-icon Redhat Information

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