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 read arbitrary files via a symlink from config.cfg to the target file...

CVE-1999-1229

The CVE-1999-1229 issue affects the Quake 2 server 3.13 on Linux, where the server does not properly validate config.cfg permissions, allowing a local user to read arbitrary files via a symlink from config.cfg to the target file. The root cause is an insufficient permission check for the configur...