Buffer overflow in bash 2.0.0, 1.4.17, and other versions allows local attackers to gain privileges by creating an extremely large directory name, which is inserted into the password prompt via the \w option in the PS1 environmental variable when another user changes into that directory.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.537Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1048

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-09-05T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:01.717

Link: CVE-1999-1048

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