Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1477 Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.475Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1496

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-06-08T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1496

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