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CVE-1999-1496

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 1999-06-08 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Debian Debian LinuxRedhat LinuxTodd Miller Sudo

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References