CVE-1999-0433: Netbsd

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

XFree86 startx command is vulnerable to a symlink attack, allowing local users to create files in restricted directories, possibly allowing them to gain privileges or cause a denial of service.

Affected products

• Netbsd Netbsd: version 1.3.2 only; version 1.3.3 only
• Red Hat Linux: version 5.1 only; version 5.2 only
• Slackware Slackware Linux: version 3.3 only; version 3.4 only; version 3.5 only; version 3.6 only; version 4.0 only
• Suse Suse Linux: version 5.1 only; version 5.2 only; version 6.0 only; version 6.1 only
• XFREE86 Project x11r6: version 3.3.3 only

Published 1999-03-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.