CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1296

Published: Apr 29, 1997 | Modified: Jan 21, 2020

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-1999-1296
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Buffer overflow in Kerberos IV compatibility libraries as used in Kerberos V allows local users to gain root privileges via a long line in a kerberos configuration file, which can be specified via the KRB_CONF environmental variable.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Kerberos_5	Mit	1.5.2 (including)	1.5.2 (including)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq\u0026m=87602167420878\u0026w=2

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