CVE-1999-1165 Information

Description

GNU fingerd 1.37 does not properly drop privileges before accessing user information which could allow local users to (1) gain root privileges via a malicious program in the .fingerrc file or (2) read arbitrary files via symbolic links from .plan .forward or .project files.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93268249021561&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/2478 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/535