CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-0971

7.2 HIGH Published 1997-07-22 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1997-07-22
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 Exim allows local users to gain root privileges via a long :include: option in a .forward file.

Affected configurations

• university of cambridge exim (<= 1.62)

References