CVE-1999-1048 (GCVE-0-1999-1048)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:55
VLAI?
Summary
Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.
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CWE
  • n/a
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References
http://www.osvdb.org/8345 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719555&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/1998/19980909 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10542 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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