debian · CVE-2001-1494

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:59:27 GMT

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CVE-2001-1494 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (util-linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.

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