CVE-1999-1227

Description

Ethereal allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the packet capture file.

Affected products

• ethereal_group / ethereal

References

• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3334
• MISChttp://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00126.html
• MISChttp://www.ethereal.com/lists/ethereal-dev/199907/msg00130.html