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CVE-1999-0298

Published: Feb 05, 1997 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0298
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

ypbind with -ypset and -ypsetme options activated in Linux Slackware and SunOS allows local and remote attackers to overwrite files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Slackware_linux Slackware 2.1 (including) 2.1 (including)
Slackware_linux Slackware 2.2 (including) 2.2 (including)
Slackware_linux Slackware 2.3 (including) 2.3 (including)
Sunos Sun 4.1.3 (including) 4.1.3 (including)
Sunos Sun 4.1.4 (including) 4.1.4 (including)

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