CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1140

7.2 HIGH Published 1997-12-14 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1997-12-14
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 CrackLib 2.5 may allow local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.

Affected configurations

• alec muffet cracklib 2.5

References