CVE-2001-1494

Name	CVE-2001-1494
Description	script command in the util-linux package before 2.11n allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by setting a hardlink from the typescript log file to any file on the system, then having root execute the script command.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
util-linux (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	2.36.1-8+deb11u2	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	2.38.1-5+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	2.40.2-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
util-linux	source	(unstable)	2.11n-1