runtar in the Amanda backup system used in various UNIX operating systems executes tar with root privileges, which allows a user to overwrite or read arbitrary files by providing the target files to runtar.
References
Link | Resource |
---|---|
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94148942818975&w=2 | |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/750 | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
History
No history.
MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00
Updated: 2016-10-17T13:57:01
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1517
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 1999-11-01T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2016-10-18T02:05:16.357
Link: CVE-1999-1517
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
No data.
CWE