CVE-1999-0872

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-08-25 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-09 12:36:00

Affected Software

Debian Debian Linux 2.1

2.1

Debian Debian Linux 2.2

2.2

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

References

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