FKIE_CVE-1999-1298

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1997-04-07 04:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
Sysinstall in FreeBSD 2.2.1 and earlier, when configuring anonymous FTP, creates the ftp user without a password and with /bin/date as the shell, which could allow attackers to gain access to certain system resources.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-97:03.sysinstall.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7537.php
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/6087
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-97:03.sysinstall.ascPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7537.php
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/6087
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
freebsd freebsd *
freebsd freebsd 2.1.0
freebsd freebsd 2.1.5
freebsd freebsd 2.1.6
freebsd freebsd 2.1.7
freebsd freebsd 2.2
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  "id": "CVE-1999-1298",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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