CVE-1999-1499

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1998-04-10 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1499, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

named in ISC BIND 4.9 and 8.1 allows local users to destroy files via a symlink attack on (1) named_dump.db when root kills the process with a SIGINT, or (2) named.stats when SIGIOT is used.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1499

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N