CVE-1999-1407: Red Hat Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ifdhcpc-done script for configuring DHCP on Red Hat Linux 5 allows local users to append text to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the dhcplog file.

Affected products

• Red Hat Linux: version 5.0 only

Published 1998-03-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.