CVE-1999-1329

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Buffer overflow in SysVInit in Red Hat Linux 5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.

Buffer overflow in SysVInit in Red Hat Linux 5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.

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

1999-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:01:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Linux

References

sysvinit-root-bo(7250)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh50-errata-general.html#SysVinit

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