CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0192

10.0 HIGH Published 1997-10-18 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1997-10-18
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root access via the TERMCAP environmental variable.

Affected configurations

• redhat linux 4.0 • redhat linux 4.1 • redhat linux 4.2 • redhat linux 5.0 • redhat linux 5.1 • redhat linux 5.2 • redhat linux 6.0 • slackware slackware linux 3.2 • slackware slackware linux 3.3 • slackware slackware linux 3.4 • slackware slackware linux 3.5 • slackware slackware linux 3.6 • slackware slackware linux 3.9 • slackware slackware linux 4.0

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