Title: RedHat Linux printfilter Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
The RedHat printfilter contains the following lines in it's script:
if [ ${i##*:} = "DONE" ]; then
if [ "$DEBUG_FILTER" != "" ]; then
echo "$root -> depth = $depth" >> /tmp/filter.debug
fi
This will follow symbolic links.
This vulnerability only exists if DEBUG_FILTER is set to something (which it is not by default).
Affected Products:
- RedHat Linux 5.0.0
- RedHat Linux 5.1.0
- RedHat Linux 5.2.0 i386
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