CVE-1999-1328: Red Hat Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

linuxconf before 1.11.r11-rh3 on Red Hat Linux 5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and gain root access via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 5.1 only

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.