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
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 1.5.2

References