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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 10, 1998· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1499

CVE-1999-1499

Description

named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used.

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Affected products

3
  • Isc/Bindllm-fuzzy3 versions
    4.9, 8.1+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: 4.9, 8.1
    • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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