CVE-1999-0192

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Red Hat Linux

First reported 27 years ago

1997-10-18 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-09 12:33:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Linux 4.0

4.0

Red Hat Linux 4.1

4.1

Red Hat Linux 4.2

4.2

Red Hat Linux 5.0

5.0

Red Hat Linux 5.1

5.1

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