sort creates temporary files and follows symbolic links, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files that are writable by the user running sort, as observed in updatedb and other programs that use sort.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.649Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1095

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-10-06T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:30:17.353

Link: CVE-1999-1095

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