cve-1999-0131
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
1999-09-29 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 16:27
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.
References
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