Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1517

Description

runtar in the Amanda backup system used in various UNIX operating systems executes tar with root privileges, which allows a user to overwrite or read arbitrary files by providing the target files to runtar.

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Affected products

FreeBSD/FreeBSD
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Zmanda/Amanda backup systemllm-create

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/750nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
marc.infonvd

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