CVE-1999-0434: Caldera Openlinux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

XFree86 xfs 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

• Caldera Openlinux: version 1.2 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 2.0 only; version 2.1 only
• Netbsd Netbsd: version 1.3.3 only
• Red Hat Linux: version 5.1 only
• Suse Suse Linux: version 5.3 only

Published 1999-03-30. Last modified 2026-06-16.