CVE-2000-0566

Public Date:
2000-07-03
Bugzilla:
1616494: CVE-2000-0566 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

makewhatis in Linux man package allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.

Find out more about CVE-2000-0566 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Linux 6.2 RHSA-2000:041 2000-07-04
Red Hat Linux 5.2 RHSA-2000:041 2000-07-04
Red Hat Linux 6.1 RHSA-2000:041 2000-07-04
Red Hat Linux 6.0 RHSA-2000:041 2000-07-04

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