CVE-1999-1330

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

The snprintf function in the db library 1.85.4 ignores the size parameter, which could allow attackers to exploit buffer overflows that would be prevented by a properly implemented snprintf.

The snprintf function in the db library 1.85.4 ignores the size parameter, which could allow attackers to exploit buffer overflows that would be prevented by a properly implemented snprintf.

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 25 years ago

1999-12-31 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:02:00

Affected Software

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0

4.0

Red Hat Linux 4.2

4.2

References

http://lists.openresources.com/Debian/debian-bugs-closed/msg00581.html

19970709 [linux-security] so-called snprintf() in db-1.85.4 (fwd)

linux-libdb-snprintf-bo(7244)

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh42-errata-general.html#db

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