CVE-1999-1496 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-1999-1496?

CVE-1999-1496 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Sudo 1.5 in Debian Linux 2.1 and Red Hat 6.0 allows local users to determine the existence of arbitrary files by attempting to execute the target filename as a program, which generates a different error message when the file does not exist.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1496?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Redhat Linux, Todd Miller Sudo.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1496?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-1999-1496 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1496 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-x6w3-cv3w-952r.