FKIE_CVE-1999-1048

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1998-09-05 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719555&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/1998/19980909Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/8345
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10542Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3414
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719555&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/1998/19980909Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/8345
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/10542Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3414
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
debian debian_linux 1.3.1
redhat linux 4.2
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  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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