CVE-1999-1229 Information

Description

Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux does not properly check file permissions for the config.cfg configuration file which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink from config.cfg to the target file.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/8590 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/733