CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0971

Published: Jul 22, 1997 | Modified: Sep 09, 2008

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-1999-0971
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Buffer overflow in Exim allows local users to gain root privileges via a long :include: option in a .forward file.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Exim	University_of_cambridge	*	1.62 (including)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/7301

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