CVE-1999-0297

Summary

CVECVE-1999-0297
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1996-12-12 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-17 08:15:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Bsdi Bsd Os 2.1 All All All
Operating System Bsdi Bsd Os 2.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 2.0.4 All All All
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron 3.0 All All All
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux All All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange MISC exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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