lintian 1.23 and earlier removes the working directory even if it was not created by lintian, which may allow local users to delete arbitrary files or directories via a symlink attack.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T00:39:00.504Z
Reserved: 2004-11-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2004-1000

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2004-01-10T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2004-1000

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