CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0298

7.5 HIGH Published 1997-02-05 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1997-02-05
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

ypbind with -ypset and -ypsetme options activated in Linux Slackware and SunOS allows local and remote attackers to overwrite files via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Affected configurations

• slackware slackware linux 2.1 • slackware slackware linux 2.2 • slackware slackware linux 2.3 • sun sunos 4.1.3 • sun sunos 4.1.4

References