CVE-1999-0872

Summary

CVECVE-1999-0872
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-08-25 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-09 12:36:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in Vixie cron allows local users to gain root access via a long MAILTO environment variable in a crontab file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Caldera Openlinux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Caldera Openlinux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.1 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron 3.0_pl1 All All All
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron 3.0_pl1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.2 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.0 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 4.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 5.2 All i386 All
Operating System Redhat Linux 6.0 All i386 All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Skyfull Mail Server MAIL FROM Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Vixie Cron MAILTO Sendmail Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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