CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0297

7.2 HIGH Published 1996-12-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1996-12-12
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 in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.

Affected configurations

• paul vixie vixie cron 3.0 • bsdi bsd os 2.1 • freebsd freebsd 2.1.0 • netbsd netbsd 2.0.4 • redhat linux

References