CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0131

7.2 HIGH Published 1996-09-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1996-09-11
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.

Affected configurations

• eric allman sendmail 8.6 • eric allman sendmail 8.7.1 • eric allman sendmail 8.7.2 • eric allman sendmail 8.7.3 • eric allman sendmail 8.7.4 • eric allman sendmail 8.7.5 • bsdi bsd os 2.1 • digital osf 1 1.3.2 • freebsd freebsd 2.1.5 • hp hp-ux 10.01 • hp hp-ux 10.10 • hp hp-ux 10.20 • ibm aix 3.2 • ibm aix 4.1 • ibm aix 4.2 • redhat linux 3.0.3 • sco internet faststart 1.0 • sco openserver 5.0 • sco openserver 5.0.2

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