CVE-1999-1276

fte-console in the fte package before 0.46b-4.1 does not drop root privileges, which allows local users to gain root access via the virtual console device...

[SECURITY] New version of fte fixes access problems

We have found that the fte package as supplied in our slink frozen and potato unstable archives does not drop its root priviliges after initializing the virtual console device. This allows all users to read and write files with root priviliges, and execute all programs as root. A new package...