CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1140

Published: Dec 14, 1997 | Modified: Oct 10, 2017

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-1999-1140
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Buffer overflow in CrackLib 2.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Cracklib	Alec_muffet	2.5 (including)	2.5 (including)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=88209041500913\u0026w=2
http://www.cert.org/vendor_bulletins/VB-97.16.CrackLib
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1539

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