CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-1471
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1989-01-01
- 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 passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.
Affected configurations
• bsd bsd 4.2
• bsd bsd 4.3
References
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1989-01.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7152.php www.iss.net
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1989-01.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7152.php www.iss.net
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4 Patch, Vendor Advisory