CVE-1999-1276

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

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

Type

Linux

First reported 26 years ago

1998-12-07 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Debian Debian Linux 2.1

2.1

Linux Kernel 2.6.20.1

2.6.20.1

References

19981207 fte-console: does not drop its root priviliges

Patch, Vendor Advisory

fte-console-privileges(1609)

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