CVE-1999-1229
Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux does not properly check file permissions for the config.cfg configuration file, which allows local users to rea
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Summary
Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux does not properly check file permissions for the config.cfg configuration file, which allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink from config.cfg to the target file.
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