CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0708

Published: Sep 21, 1999 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

7.2 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0708
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Buffer overflow in cfingerd allows local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Cfingerd	Infodrom	1.4.2 (including)	1.4.2 (including)

References

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