CVE-1999-1048

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 26 years ago

1998-09-05 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Debian Debian Linux 1.3.1

1.3.1

Red Hat Linux 4.2

4.2

References

19970821 Buffer overflow in /bin/bash

19980909 problem with very long pathnames

Patch, Vendor Advisory

8345

19980905 BASH buffer overflow, LiNUX x86 exploit

Exploit, Vendor Advisory

linux-bash-bo(3414)

Stay updated

ExploitPedia is constantly evolving. Sign up to receive a notification when we release additional functionality.

Get in touch

If you'd like to report a bug or have any suggestions for improvements then please do get in touch with us using this form. We will get back to you as soon as we can.