CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0901

Published: Oct 23, 1999 | Modified: Aug 17, 2022

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

7.2 HIGH

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0901
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

ypserv allows a local user to modify the GECOS and login shells of other users.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Ypserv	Linux-nis	*	*

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0901

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