CVE-2001-1494

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2001-12-12
Bugzilla:
1616708: CVE-2001-1494 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

Find out more about CVE-2001-1494 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (util-linux) RHSA-2005:782 2005-10-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 RHSA-2005:782 2005-10-11
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (util-linux) RHSA-2005:782 2005-10-11

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